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For the Instruction of Young Ladies

For the Instruction of Young Ladies

About the Project

Installation

For the Instruction of Young Ladies was presented at the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University in a group exhibition Allusion/Dimension curated by Susan Stoops. examines the history of education for women as a method of socialization rather than as a means of acquiring knowledge. The vocabulary of the installation - samplers, slates, books, and pencils speaks to the on-going agenda for women's roles in America.

 

exhibition history

The Object is Bound, curated by Stephen Wirtz, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, California 1992

Allusion Dimension, curated by Susan Stoops and Carl Belz, The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, 1989