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Life of Margaret Alice Murray

A Woman's Work in Archaeology
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The Life of Margaret Alice Murray: A Woman's Work in Archaeology is the first book-length biography of Margaret Alice Murray (1863-1963), one of the first women to practice archeology. Despite Murray's numerous professional successes, her career has received little attention because she has been overshadowed by her mentor, Sir Flinders Petrie. This oversight has obscured the significance of her career including her fieldwork, the students she trained, her administration of the pioneering Egyptology Department at University College London (UCL), and her published works. Rather than focusing on Murray's involvement in Petrie's archaeological program, Kathleen L. Sheppard treats Murray as a practicing scientist with theories, ideas, and accomplishments of her own. This book analyzes the life and career of Margaret Alice Murray as a teacher, excavator, scholar, and popularizer of Egyptology, archaeology, anthropology, linguistics, and more. Sheppard also analyzes areas outside of Murray's archaeology career, including her involvement in the suffrage movement, her work in folklore and witchcraft studies, and her life after her official retirement from UCL.
Introduction. "A Life without a Single Adventure" Chapter 1. Margaret Murray's India, 1863-1894 Chapter 2. University College, 1894-1902 Chapter 3. In the Field, 1902-1904 Chapter 4. The Classroom at UCL, 1904-1935 Chapter 5. Suffrage and the New Woman, 1904-1928 Chapter 6. The Classroom-at-Large, 1904-1935 Chapter 7. The Witch-Cult Hypothesis and other Adventures on the Lunatic Fringe, 1911-1935 Chapter 8. Malta, Minorca, and other Archaeology, 1914-1939 Chapter 9. "Retirement," 1935-1963 Conclusion
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