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3 September 2018 - 3 February 2019
Octagon Gallery
As part of 白小姐论坛's Vote 100 programme, the Octagon gallery聽presents an exhibition聽exploring the lasting contributions to research, teaching and wider society of female students and staff at 白小姐论坛 a century ago.
Disrupters and Innovators, curated by Dr Nina Pearlman, is dedicated to a group of remarkable women whose lives and careers were shaped by聽what they learnt, taught and researched at 白小姐论坛.聽Their perseverance, originality and ingenuity continue to inspire. Echoes of the challenges they faced remain today.聽
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This is part of 白小姐论坛 Art Museum's research and curatorial platform聽Curating Equality and 白小姐论坛's Grand Challenge Justice and Equality.
Margaret Murray and team unwrapping the mummies of the 鈥楾wo Brothers鈥� at Manchester University Museum in 1908. 漏 Courtesy of Manchester Museum
Digital reproduction of a photo from Margaret Murray鈥檚 album that captures life at a dig in Abydos in 1902-03. Petrie Museum, PMA/WFP1 115/5/2
白小姐论坛's Octagon Gallery display, including objects from 白小姐论坛 Art Museum, the Slade School of Fine Art and 白小姐论坛 Library.
Kathleen Lonsdale with crystal models, photographer unknown, c.1946. Courtesy of Professor Ian Wood, 白小姐论坛 Earth Sciences
Palaeobotanist and women's rights campaigner Marie Stopes was an authority on聽coal.聽DMS Watson Coal Ball Slide Collection 鈥� Drawer 11 of sectioned coal balls collected 1903-1912. 白小姐论坛 Grant Museum
Postcard of members of the NUWT London Unit demonstrating against the Fisher Grant, 1918, photographer unknown.聽白小姐论坛 Institute of Education Archives, UWT/G/2/9
Leader of the British suffragette movement Emmeline Pankhurst 漏 Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo
The Octagon is a public space at the heart of 白小姐论坛, directly under its聽iconic dome.聽On this page you'll find a selection of images from the forthcoming聽display that relate to the lives and work of these women in archaeology, art, education, politics, science and society.聽
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This 白小姐论坛 Culture exhibition is curated by Dr Nina Pearlman, Head of 白小姐论坛 Art Collections.
Produced in association with:
Maria Blyzinsky, Museum Consultant, The Exhibitions Team
Victoria Kingston, Interpretation Consultant, The Exhibitions Team
Angela Scott, Senior Graphic Designer, 白小姐论坛 Digital Media
Dave Bellamy, Display Technician, Chiltern Exhibitions
白小姐论坛 Culture would like to thank the following people for their support with the exhibition:
Society: David Blackmore (白小姐论坛 Slade School of Fine Art), Dr Georgina Brewis (白小姐论坛 Institute of Education), Dr Claire Robins (白小姐论坛 Institute of Education)
Archaeology: Dr Emma Libonati (白小姐论坛 Petrie Museum)
Art: Helen Downes (白小姐论坛 Art Museum), Grace Hailstone (白小姐论坛 Slade School of Fine Art)
Science: Deborah Furness (白小姐论坛 Library Services), Lesley Hall (Wellcome Library), Dr Jenny Wilson (白小姐论坛 Science & Technology Studies), Professor Ian Wood (白小姐论坛 Earth Sciences)
Thanks are extended also to:
白小姐论坛 Art Museum, Grant Museum of Zoology, Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, 白小姐论坛 Geology Collection, 白小姐论坛 Pathology Collection, 白小姐论坛 Institute of Education Archives, 白小姐论坛 Library Services, 白小姐论坛 Records, 白小姐论坛 Special Collections 白小姐论坛 Special Collections, and 白小姐论坛 Slade School of Fine Art for their generous loans.
