THE SECOND SEX

I was very pleased to read Daisy Dunn’s article [“THE UNNATURAL HERSTORY

MUSEUM,” FEB] on women’s-history-only museums. She approaches the subject, and the issues with contemporary feminism, with admirable clarity.

If “herstory” museums are to open, this only permits the greater eradication of women from more traditional museum spaces. I agree with Dunn that in acknowledging that women’s history matters, these curators and museums have unwittingly side-lined it. But there is another point to be made — surely these new museums will not be as well-funded as their “male” precursors? It is galling to think of women’s history being little more than a poorer cousin to more-established museums. Liz Brooke

Edinburgh