WOMEN AT MICHIGAN by Ruth Bordin, Kathryn Kish Sklar, Martha Vicinus (Foreword) ( 9780472087938 )

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Title:

WOMEN AT MICHIGAN
THE DANGEROUS EXPERIMENT, 1870S TO THE PRESENT

By:

Ruth Bordin, Kathryn Kish Sklar, Martha Vicinus (Foreword)

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0472087932

ISBN 13:

9780472087938

Publisher:

THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS

Pub. date:

16 August, 2001

Pages:

176

Description:

Revisits the opportunities and obstacles that have faced women students, faculty, and administrators at the University of Michigan through the decades

Synopsis:

Women at Michigan traces the fascinating history of women at at the University of Michigan, from the first reluctant admission of women students in the 1870s (which one male administrator referred to as "the dangerous experiment") to the tumultuous post-World War II period and from the radical changes of the 1960s and 1970s to the present. The hurdles that women who pursued higher education at Michigan and elsewhere faced may surprise those who observe the relative freedom of women on college campuses today.Women at Michigan was written by well respected historian Ruth Bordin, whose own career was impeded by the gender inequality of the era and who unfortunately died before seeing this book in print. Her study is grounded in historical detail. While drawing upon the larger historiography of women's higher education to round out its story, the book shows Michigan to be one case among many. Women at Michigan is richly illustrated with archival photographs depicting women's experience at the University of Michigan--as students, faculty, administrators, and staff--through the years.Historian Ruth Bordin was author of A Pictorial History of The University of Michigan; Frances Willard: A Biography; and Alice Freeman Palmer: The Evolution of a New Woman. Martha Vicinus is Professor of English and History, University of Michigan. Kathryn Kish Sklar is Distinguished Professor of History, Binghamton University. Lynn Weiner is a historian and Associate Dean, Roosevelt University.

Illustrations:

48 photographs

Publication:

Imprint:

The University of Michigan Press

Returns:

Returnable

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