The Rescuers is the latest addition to Nancy Moses's series of books about iconic cultural treasures and the provocative issues they raise. The others are Fakes, Forgeries, and Frauds, (Rowman & Littlefield 2020), Stolen, Smuggled Sold: On the Hunt for Cultural Treasures (Rowman and Littlefield, 2015), and Lost in the Museum: Buried Treasures and the Stories They Tell (AltaMira Press, 2008), which won a Gold Medal from Forward Magazine. She created Philadelphia Business Journal's "Power Lunch" column and a television series about game-changing Philadelphia women. Moses has had an eclectic career in and around the nonprofit sector. She served as executive director of the Atwater Kent, Philadelphia History Museum. Her career includes senior positions at the National Endowment for the Humanities, University of Pennsylvania's Fels School of Government, City of Philadelphia, and WQED-Pittsburgh Public Broadcasting. Her communications and planning firms served international, national, and regional cultural, educational, and community development nonprofits. Moses holds a master's degree from George Washington University and was a Visiting Scholar at the American University of Rome. She serves as Chair of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, the government agency that supports and oversees museums, historic sites, historic preservation, and archives.
