Bright epoch : women & coeducation in the American West /

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With the passage of the Morrill Act in 1862, many states in the Midwest and the West chartered land-grant colleges following the Civil War. Because of both progressive ideologies and economic necessity, these institutions admitted women from their inception and were among the first public institutio...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Radke-Moss, Andrea G.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2008.
Series:Women in the West.
Subjects:
Women college students > West (U.S.)
Women > Education > West (U.S.)
Coeducation > West (U.S.)
Sexism in higher education > West (U.S.)
EDUCATION > Higher.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
Coeducation.
Sexism in higher education.
Women college students.
Women > Education.
West United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Illustrations; Tables and Graphs; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Making a Welcome for Women Students; 2. The Place of Women Students; 3. The Early Practice of Coeducation; 4. Women Students' Sociality; 5. Women's Course Work; 6. Under the Gaze; 7. "The American Eagle in Bloomers"; 8. Challenging Political Separation; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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