No Straight Path : Becoming Women Historians /

No Straight Path tells the stories of ten successful female historians who came of age in an era when it was unusual for women to pursue careers in academia, especially in the field of history. These first-person accounts illuminate the experiences women of the post'World War II generation enco...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Gilmore, Glenda Elizabeth (writer of foreword.), Jacoway, Elizabeth, 1944- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Women historians.
Women college teachers > Social conditions.
Women college teachers.
Education.
HISTORY > Historiography.
Women college teachers > United States > Social conditions.
Women college teachers > United States > Biography.
Women historians > United States > Biography.
United States.
Southern States.
Southern States > History > Study and teaching.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • My improbable journey
  • Clueless
  • An untidy life in academe
  • The hive
  • In pursuit of the dream
  • Vocation
  • Creating myself
  • Once a teacher, always a teacher
  • Turning points
  • The past should be forever
  • Afterword.

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