We Wore Hats Then

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Founded in 1929, The Museum of Modern Art owes much of its early success to a number of remarkable women who shaped the future of the institution in its first decades. As founders, patrons, curators, and directors of various departments, these figures boldly defied societal norms to launch this radical venture during the depths of the Great Depression. They were fortunate in the freedoms afforded by uncharted territory: because the notion of a museum of modern art was brand new, there was a conspicuous absence of the professional prerequisites, official structures, and respectable salaries that would have limited the jobs to men. This left the door open for a host of women to define their own roles and invent new fields. This book profiles fourteen pioneering figures who made an indelible mark not only on MoMA, but on the culture of their time. Inventing the Modern: Untold Stories of the Women Who Shaped The Museum of Modern Art transports the reader to the grit and glamour of midtown Manhattan in the 1930s and ¿40s. It deepens our understanding of MoMA¿s history and offers a broader story of women¿s achievement in the art world in the twentieth century.