My Famous Kate Pierce: Biographies of and in the Archive

Reference Type	Journal Article
Year of Publication	2000
Author	Author: Evelyn Kerslake
Journal	Vitae Scholasticae
Volume	19
Issue	Spring
Pagination	35-58
Language	English
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Region	Europe
Library Type	Library Associations Public Libraries
Demographics	Women
Chronological Period	1850-1899 1900-1949
Annotation	Kate Edith Pierce (1873 – 1966) was a British librarian and early advocate of open shelf libraries. The author uses her life to explore critiques of conventional approaches to historical biography. Sections The Story of the Archive Doubling: The Story in the Archive i. Kate Pierce: "A Senior Member of the Profession" ii. Kate Pierce: Library Feminist? Positioned Truth: Kate Pierce, Feminism, and the Biographer