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Book SynopsisOffers feminist analysis of the phenomenon of women art collectors in America. This book shows how elite women enlisted the objets d'art and avant-garde paintings in their collections in causes ranging from the founding of modern museums to the campaign for women's suffrage.
Trade Review"A valuable addition to our belated understanding of the crucial role that women played outside the studio and inside the museum." -- Robert Moeller Artnet Magazine "Brings to life the idea of the female collector and the limitless horizons that collecting embodied as ... expression." Choice: Current Reviews For Academic Libraries "Macleod deftly demonstrates that collecting art served these women as a catalyst for fostering self-awareness, independence, and engagement with the public sphere." Journal Of American History "The work is a welcome addition to the literature on collecting. It should prompt spirited discussion." -- Bruce A. Austin New York-Pennsylvania Collector "Enchanted Lives, Enchanted Objects will captivate scholars in many fields." -- Laura R. Prieto CAA Reviews "An impressive piece of scholarship on the gendered and heterogeneous nature of collecting." American Historical Review
