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A college of her own : the history of Barnard /

"In 1889, Annie Nathan Meyer, still in her early twenties, led the effort to start Barnard College after Columbia College refused to admit women. Named after a former Columbia president, Frederick Barnard, who had advocated for Columbia to become coeducational, Barnard, despite many ups and dow...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McCaughey, Robert A. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, 2020.
Edición:First Edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. "What's a New York Girl to Do?"
  • 2. East Side, West Side: A Tale of Two Cities
  • 3. Becoming Barnard
  • 4. Who's Afraid of Virginia Gilderesleeve?
  • 5. Barnard in the Twenties
  • 6. Lean Times: Depression, War, and Other Distractions
  • 7. The McIntosh Era
  • 8. Into the Storm
  • 9. Saying No to Zeus
  • 10. Barnard Rising
  • 11. ""New York, New York
  • 12. Going Global
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index