Day 2

<Museums should honor the everyday, not just the extraordinary>Representation matters. Authentic representations of women matter.

I think that too often, our public representations of women are enveloped in the language of the extraordinary. The first American woman to become a self-made millionaire: Madam C.

J. Walker ...

The dresses of the first ladies of the United States ... Shirley Chisholm, the first woman to seek the US Democratic party's presidential nomination -- As a museum curator, I understand why these stories are so seductive.

Exceptional women are inspiring and as..........