The life of Margaret Alice Murray [[electronic resource] ] : a woman's work in archaeology / / Kathleen L. Sheppard

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452513203321
• Autore: Sheppard Kathleen L. <1979->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, : Lexington Books, 2013
• ISBN: 1-4985-5659-0; 0-7391-7418-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (293 p.)
• Disciplina: 907.2/02; B
• Soggetti: Women Egyptologists - Great Britain; Egyptologists - Great Britain; Women archaeologists - Great Britain; Archaeologists - Great Britain; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Margaret Murray's India, 1863-1894 -- University College, 1894-1902 -- In the field, 1902-1904 -- The classroom at UCL, 1904-1935 -- Suffrage and the new woman, 1904-1928 -- The classroom-at-large, 1904-1935 -- The witch-cult hypothesis and other adventures on the lunatic fringe, 1911-1935 -- Malta, Minorca, and other archaeology, 1914-1939 -- "Retirement," 1935-1963.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Life of Margaret Alice Murray: A Woman's Work in Archaeology, by Kathleen L. Sheppard, is a scientific biography of Margaret Alice Murray (1863-1963), exploring all the facets of "women's work" in the history of archaeology and academia in the first half of the 20th century. This is not another "Great Woman" in place of a "Great Man" biography, but is instead the unlikely story of the first professional female Egyptologist in Britain who has so far been largely ignored by historians.