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The quack's daughter : a true story about the private life of a victorian college girl /

Raised in the gritty Mississippi River town of Davenport, Iowa, Cora Keck could have walked straight out of a Susan Glaspell story. When Cora was sent to Vassar College in the fall of 1884, she was a typical unmotivated, newly rich party girl. Her improbable educational opportunity at "the firs...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nettleton, Greta, 1957-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, 2014.
Edición:Revised edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Raised in the gritty Mississippi River town of Davenport, Iowa, Cora Keck could have walked straight out of a Susan Glaspell story. When Cora was sent to Vassar College in the fall of 1884, she was a typical unmotivated, newly rich party girl. Her improbable educational opportunity at "the first great educational institution for womankind" turned into an enthralling journey of self-discovery as she struggled to meet the high standards in Vassar's School of Music while trying to shed her reputation as the daughter of a notorious quack and self-made millionaire: Mrs. Dr. Rebecca J. Keck, second
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781609382438
1609382439