Format:
Online-Ressource (xii, 396 p)
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ill
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2008 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0231126441
Content:
This remarkable story begins in the years following the Civil War, when reformers -- emboldened by the egalitarian rhetoric of the post--Civil War era -- pressed New York City's oldest institution of higher learning to admit women in the 1870s. Their effort failed, but within twenty years Barnard College was founded, creating a refuge for women scholars at Columbia, as well as an academic beachhead "from which women would make incursions into the larger university." By 1950, Columbia was granting more advanced degrees to women and hiring more female faculty than any other university in the cou
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-373) and index
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Battle over Coeducation; 2. Establishing Beachheads; 3. City of Women; 4. Patterns of Culture; 5. Womanpower; 6. Sexual Politics; 7. The Battle over Coeducation Renewed; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780231126441
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Changing the Subject : How the Women of Columbia Shaped the Way We Think About Sex and Politics
Language:
English
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