Louise Pound : scholar, athlete, feminist pioneer /
Louise Pound (1872?1958) was a distinguished literary scholar, renowned athlete, accomplished musician, and devoted women?s sports advocate. She is perhaps best remembered for her groundbreaking work in the field of linguistics and folklore and for her role as the first woman president of the Modern...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lincoln :
University of Nebraska Press,
©2009.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Louise Pound (1872?1958) was a distinguished literary scholar, renowned athlete, accomplished musician, and devoted women?s sports advocate. She is perhaps best remembered for her groundbreaking work in the field of linguistics and folklore and for her role as the first woman president of the Modern Language Association. A member of a distinguished Nebraska family that included her brother, the prominent legal scholar Roscoe Pound, Louise completed her undergraduate education at the University of Nebraska. When American universities wouldn?t admit her for graduate study, she went on to obtain. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi. 319 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-306) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780803222649 0803222645 1282130978 9781282130975 9786612130977 6612130970 |