{"id":8858,"date":"2018-03-06T11:06:46","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T11:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.museums.cam.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=8858"},"modified":"2020-09-04T15:36:58","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T14:36:58","slug":"8858","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.museums.cam.ac.uk\/blog\/2018\/03\/06\/8858\/","title":{"rendered":"Her Story: A Change Makers Action Group Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy International Women\u2019s Day! We\u2019re celebrating with the launch of Her Story, a new project from the Change Makers Action Group.<\/h2>\n

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Her Story is a new project by the Change Makers Action Group<\/a>.\u00a0 We\u2019ll be exploring the stories of fascinating women in the histories of our collections, from artists and scholars to collectors and (wannabe) explorers.<\/p>\n

Watch out for regular posts here on the Blog, with interviews with Museum staff and updates from across the University of Cambridge Museums and Botanic Garden.<\/p>\n

The background<\/h3>\n

Glance into the history of any of our collections, and you\u2019ll get the impression that they were collected by men, for men \u2013 because it\u2019s so often true. As collections of the University of Cambridge, many were brought together for the use of male scholars and students, or document the male-dominated pursuit of academic research and exploration. Their stories are even written into the names of our institutions: Adam Sedgwick, Viscount Fitzwilliam, Robert Falcon Scott \u2013 all eminent gentlemen from an era when women were barred from the University or participated from the sidelines. We\u2019ve been celebrating the centenary of women\u2019s suffrage this year, but women were not made full members of the University of Cambridge until 1948.<\/p>\n

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A mass protest by male undergraduates against the admission of women to the University of Cambridge in 1897. Taken outside the Senate House (left, where the debate was being held) and Gonville & Caius College. Their banner (mis)quotes Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing:\u00a0<\/em>“Here’s no place for you maids!”\u00a0Women would not be admitted to full membership until 1948.
Image source: Cambridge News<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The project<\/h3>\n

The objects we\u2019ll be exploring through Her Story respond to that history, and the way we tell it. They are not necessarily stories that are emphasised in our gallery interpretation. Some of them are not even on public display. By highlighting them here, we hope to reveal the hidden history of female participation in the development of our collections.<\/p>\n

And we\u2019ve got some treats in store! How about a Greek vase collected by the first female professional academic? Or a letter from three Edwardian \u201csporty girls\u201d volunteering to join a polar expedition (and their brusque rebuff)? We\u2019ll be telling their stories \u2013 and much more \u2013 over the coming months, and hopefully sparking discussion and debate. Watch this space\u2026<\/p>\n

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