Women in Industry and Technology From Prehistory to the Present Day Current Research and the Museum Experience

This volume, issued by the Museum of London, contains proceedings of the 1994 WHAM (Women's History & Museums) Conference on the substantial part that women have played in industry & technology from the earliest times. The essays look not only at current work, but also examine the role of museums in presenting & interpreting the evidence of their labors. The book contains essays by over 35 contributors who have drawn on the archives of large & small museums, among them the British Museum & the Forge Mill Needle Museum. Their subjects range from women toolmakers in the Bronze Age to women, work & the community in the Isle of Dogs today. Heavy & light industries are discussed as well as production from the home base. B&W illus.Devonshire, Amanda is the author of 'Women in Industry and Technology From Prehistory to the Present Day Current Research and the Museum Experience' with ISBN 9780756763732 and ISBN 0756763738.