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A Force for Change : The Class of 1950 /

Some of them were grown men going to college on the new G.I. Bill, and some were boys -- eighteen years old, straight out of high school. There were also young women coming to campus, rich in the traditions of their mothers and grandmothers. These women didn't know it, but the seeds of the mode...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Norberg, John (Author)
Corporate Author: Purdue University. Class of 1950
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2022
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Some of them were grown men going to college on the new G.I. Bill, and some were boys -- eighteen years old, straight out of high school. There were also young women coming to campus, rich in the traditions of their mothers and grandmothers. These women didn't know it, but the seeds of the modern women's movement had been planted during the war and in their generation. There were African-Americans who came to campus and found segregation and racial stereotypes, even after some of them had fought a war for freedom. This mixture of students blended together on the college campuses of America in the late 1940s and exploded into the world in 1950. Journalist John Norberg's illuminating oral history allows members of Purdue University's Class of 1950 to tell their stories in their own words. "(This is) a narrative that will hold special interest for those with Purdue or West Lafayette ties, but its scope is broad enough to interest a wider population".
Item Description:Includes index.
Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
Physical Description:1 online resource (400 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781557539496
Access:Open Access