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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779864303321
• Autore: Sheppard Kathleen L. <1979->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , 2013
• ISBN: 9780739174180; 9780739174173
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online (290 pages)
• Disciplina: 907.2/02; B
• Soggetti: Women Egyptologists - Great Britain; Egyptologists - Great Britain; Women archaeologists - Great Britain; Archaeologists - Great Britain
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Title Page -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 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 -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author
• 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.