Bound By a Mighty Vow : Sisterhood and Women's Fraternities, 1870-1920 /
Sororities are often thought of as exclusive clubs for socially inclined college students, but Bound by a Mighty Vow, a history of the women's Greek system, demonstrates that these organizations have always served more serious purposes. Diana Turk explores the founding and development of the ea...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
New York University Press,
[2004]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Fraternities' Past and Historians' Present
- 1 Of Serious Mind and Purpose: The First Generation of Fraternity Women
- 2 The Most Socially Eligible: "At Home" with the Second Generation of Fraternity Women
- 3 A National Society to Rank with the First in America: Expansion and Exclusion in the Women's Greek System
- 4 In Search of Unity: Fostering "High Ideals" in the Face of Antifraternity Sentiment, 1910-1920
- 5 Once a Sister, Always a Sister: Fraternity Membership in the Postcollege Years
- 6 Bound by a Mighty Vow: The Costs and Benefits of Fraternity Membership, 1870-1920
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author