Women at the Helm: How Jean Sutherland Boggs, Hsio-Yen Shih, and Shirley L. Thomson Changed the National Gallery of Canada Volume 35

by Diana Nemiroff

Book Overview

When Jean Sutherland Boggs was appointed to direct the National Gallery of Canada in 1966, she became the first woman to direct a major museum in Canada and the first to direct a national gallery anywhere in the world. The subsequent appointments of Hsio-yen Shih in 1977 and Shirley L. Thomson in 1987 built upon this milestone, creating a remarkable precedent for the Canadian and international museum world.Women at the Helm explores a transformative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0228008735
• ISBN13: 9780228008736
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 536 Pages