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Old 2nd January 2021, 06:13 PM
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I had forgotten that I had looked at the Guardian article in November and looked again today. I was reminded how irritated I was for the director of the J Paul Getty Museum to emphasize the "daring" nature of a woman opening a photographic salon at a time when photography was actually seen as quite suitable for women. By 1900 there were over 100 female run studios in Ontario, Canada. In England, in the 1890's, 20% of studios were female run.
Rather than exceptional, the profession of photography was an ideal occupation for woman early on.
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