Newcomb College, 1886-2006 : Higher Education for Women in New Orleans /

Newcomb College, 1886-2006 shares the rich history and tradition of the college through a diverse and multidisciplinary collection of essays. Early chapters focus on the life of Josephine Louise Newcomb and her desire to memorialize her daughter Sophie, as well as the development of student culture...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Willinger, Beth Ann, 1943-, Tucker, Susan, 1950-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Newcomb College.
Newcomb College > History.
Women > Education (Higher)
EDUCATION > Higher.
Femmes > Enseignement superieur > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orleans > Histoire.
Women > Education (Higher) > Louisiana > New Orleans > History.
Louisiana > New Orleans.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Preface; PART I: BEGINNINGS; 1. Founding Newcomb College; 2. "Being Entirely Alone & Unprotected": Mrs. Newcomb in Letters; 3. Sophie Newcomb and Agnes Scott Colleges, 1887-1920: From Dutiful Daughters to New Women; 4. What Makes a "Newcomb Girl"?: Student Culture in the Progressive Era; 5. Designing for Women: The Architecture of Newcomb College (with an epilogue from 2011); PART II: DISTINCTIONS; 6. Coming Together: Newcomb and Tulane in the Postwar Decades; 7. The Art Program at Newcomb College and the Newcomb Pottery, 1886-1940
  • 8. Clara Gregory Baer: Catalyst for Women's Basketball9. A Female-Dominated Field: Chemistry at Newcomb College, 1887-1970s; 10. Politics of Play: Elite New Orleans Women and the Origins of the Newcomb College Nursery School, 1924-1940; 11. From Southern Belles to Citizens of the World: Newcomb's Junior Year Abroad Program; 12. "Changing Newcomb into a College for the Education of Women": Centering Women's Lives; PART III: LIVES; 13. Sarah Towles Reed, Class of 1904; 14. Hilda, Martha, and Natalie: Newcomb's Furies
  • 15. From Southern Lady to Steel Magnolia: Newcomb Women and the Struggle for Civil Rights in New Orleans16. Caroline Wogan Durieux: A True Original (1896-1989); 17. Dagmar Adelaide Renshaw LeBreton (1891-1994): Oral History Interviews from the 1980s by Adele Ramos Salzer, Anneke Himmele, and Susan Tucker; 18. Ida Rittenberg Kohlmeyer (1912-1997): Oral History Interview from 1986 by Adele Ramos Salzer; 19. Admiring Mildred Christian; 20. Lindy and Me; 21. Growing Up under the Oaks; 22. Newcomb and the New Orleans I Know; Epilogue; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N
  • OP; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

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