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The Transformation of Women's Collegiate Education. The Legacy of Virginia Gildersleeve.
Patrick Dilley
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Hardback. Num Pages: 133 pages, 6 colour illustrations, 6 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; JFFK; JNB; JNMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 319.
This book examines the life of Virginia Gildersleeve, the dean of Barnard College from 1911 to 1947, who dedicated her life to expanding women’s collegiate opportunities to match those of men, and to allow women entry into professional and graduate programs. Gildersleeve was the first academic to use the media to define for the American public what higher education--and particularly what higher education for women--meant. The only woman to sign the United Nations charter, she made waves by implementing the first program to allow women into the Navy. This book explores how Gildersleeve’s life exemplifies the expanded and changing educational opportunities for ... Read more
This book examines the life of Virginia Gildersleeve, the dean of Barnard College from 1911 to 1947, who dedicated her life to expanding women’s collegiate opportunities to match those of men, and to allow women entry into professional and graduate programs. Gildersleeve was the first academic to use the media to define for the American public what higher education--and particularly what higher education for women--meant. The only woman to sign the United Nations charter, she made waves by implementing the first program to allow women into the Navy. This book explores how Gildersleeve’s life exemplifies the expanded and changing educational opportunities for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
133
Condition
New
Number of Pages
133
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319468600
SKU
V9783319468600
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99-15
About Patrick Dilley
Patrick Dilley is Associate Professor of Higher Education and Qualitative Research, and Associate Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA.
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