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Inventing the Modern : Untold Stories of the Women Who Shaped The Museum of Modern Art by Anna Deavere Smith crossword Marlowe's search for Velma turnsProfiles of fourteen women who transformed the country's foremost modern art museum in its fledgling years. Founded in 1929, The Museum of Modern Art owes much of its success to a group of remarkable women who shaped its future during its first decades. Because there were few precedents for a museum devoted to modern art, MoMA was free to invent itself without the requirementsprofessional experience, competitive salariesthat traditionally limited an