Visions of America: Exploring “Herstory” - Trailblazing Women in Museum and Library Spaces

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Program Description: In this episode of VISIONS OF AMERICA: All Stories, All People, All Places, trailblazing women leading museums and libraries are highlighted. These are the women who have advocated for, founded, and inspired many of our nation’s most treasured institutions, and the women today, who are carrying on that legacy.
Members of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) leadership, Laura Huerta Migus and Teri DeVoe, join PBS Books Heather-Marie Montilla to explore the lesser-known stories of the women, who have been instrumental to contributing to our country’s cultural institutions-libraries, museums, and archives. Dr. Carla Hayden, Thelma Golden, Dr. Margaret Walker, and Lucy Somerville Howorth are among the exceptional women discussed. Then, IMLS Anne Radice chats with the Alice West Director of the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), Dr. Susan Fisher Sterling, to share about the museum’s beginnings, its mission, and its recent renovation, which continues the legacy of co-founder Billie Cole Holladay’s vision.
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