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This is an email sent via the SHCG List. If you reply to this message, your message will be sent to all the people on the list, not just the author of this message. --------------- Hi, Dear All I passed this email on to Sherri Steel, Curator of Social History at York Castle Museum for many years but now retired. This is her response.... Yes. It was founded by Gaby Porter, Jane Legget, Sue Kirby and me - and I think there was another person I can't remember (sorry) - who came to the very first meetings. Gaby and Jane were the main pushers and shapers. Other people joined in later. Gaby, Sue and I were then on the SHCG committee. There was quite a lot of opposition to it - which included some very well known male members of the museum profession - which manifested itself memorably in that year's AGM. You have to remember that this was the time when exhibitions quite commonly didn't mention women at all. We've forgotten now what it used to be like. Interesting times. I think WHAM fizzled out - less need for it as time went on - I can't really remember. None of the original organisers were involved by then. We held a conference and did some journals - and then collapsed with exhaustion! Others mainly carried it on. I must say that its very scary that its not been remembered at all by people whose job is history. And that the only person to say they remember it thinks it was about looking at things from a single sex viewpoint - when in fact it was the complete opposite and was all about the need to get the other sex's viewpoint heard amid a sea of men's voices. Have people really forgotten so much? When people talk about women's lost voices in history you don't imagine that yours is going to be numbered among them! Jane is in New Zealand and has been for years. Gaby Porter you know of course. You can pass on the information to SHCG - I think they need to know!! Sherri On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 5:05 PM, Jenny Brown <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > This is an email sent via the SHCG List. If you reply to this message, > your message will be sent to all the people on the list, not just the > author of this message. ------------------------------- > Hello all, > > Please find below an enquiry from someone trying to track down WHAM and > it's members. > > If you can help, please copy Lauren into your reply: > [log in to unmask] > > Thanks, > > Jenny > SHCG Secretary > ------------------------------ > From: LAUREN PADGETT <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: 18/11/2014 11:22 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Women, Heitage and Museums (WHAM) > > Dear Sir/Madam, > > > > I am a first year PhD student investigating > representations of Victorian women in museums. I am currently conducting > the initial research for my literature review. > > > > I came across on organisation called Women, Heritage and Museums (WHAM) > which was formed in 1984. I believe the organisation was formed by > committee members of the Social History Curators Group in 1983. I am > struggling to find out whether WHAM still exists today or whether it was > disbanded as I cannot found any references to it beyond its ten year > anniversary conference in 1994. I was wondering whether SHCG would know. Or > if you could direct me to someone who may be able to help me. I am keen to > know whether it disbanded and if so, why? Any information would be much > appreciated. > > > > Kind regards, > > > > *Lauren Padgett BA, MA* > > PhD Student > > Leeds Trinity University > > > The SHCG list is provided for members of Social History Curators Group > to discuss subjects relevant to social history in museums. To join SHCG > visit www.shcg.org.uk . Opinions expressed in this email are the > responsibility of the author and are not necessarily shared by SHCG. To > leave the list do not reply to this message but send an email to > [log in to unmask] with a blank subject line and these words as the > body of the email: SIGNOFF SHCG-LIST The SHCG list is provided for members of Social History Curators Group to discuss subjects relevant to social history in museums. To join SHCG visit www.shcg.org.uk . Opinions expressed in this email are the responsibility of the author and are not necessarily shared by SHCG. To leave the list do not reply to this message but send an email to [log in to unmask] with a blank subject line and these words as the body of the email: SIGNOFF SHCG-LIST