Illuminate: Contextualizing Asian American Women’s Stories through the Archives
Illuminate: Contextualizing Asian American Women’s Stories through the Archives spotlights the stories and lives of Asian American women whose collections are held in the Schlesinger Library. The featured materials provide viewers an opportunity to think critically and contextualize the often invisible and forgotten histories of Asian and Asian American women in the United States. At the same time, the exhibition examines how race, ethnicity, gender, citizenship, and migration impact the collective memory of a nation through primary sources.
The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study gratefully acknowledges the Helen Blumen and Jan Acton Fund for Schlesinger Library Exhibitions, which is supporting this exhibition.
Exhibition curated by Victor Betts, curator for collections on ethnicity and migration
Schlesinger Library Exhibition Committee Members:
- Zahra Garrett, library assistant for access services
- Jenny Gotwals, Johanna-Maria Frankel Curator of Gender and Society
- John Jayo, executive assistant
- Jonathan Tuttle, cataloger, published materials
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Free and open to the public.
