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Is romance more important to women in college than grades are? Why do so many women enter college with strong academic backgrounds and firm career goals but leave with dramatically scaled-down ambitions? Dorothy C. Holland and Margaret A. Eisenhart expose a pervasive "culture of romance" on campus: a high-pressure peer system that propels women into a world where their attractiveness to men counts most.
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"From a rising voice in the study of Black Lives in the US comes a book about racism in higher education, with a focus on the experience of Black women and girls in predominately white colleges and universities. Black Women, Ivory Tower blends the author's own experiences and family history with socio-historical analysis and research, to analyze the ways that systemic racism has denied Black women an equitable education and chart a course for a more...
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Famous books for girls volume 6
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English
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"The Girls of St. Wode's" by L. T. Meade is a captivating tale set in an all-girls boarding school. Follow the adventures, friendships, and challenges of the young students as they navigate academic life and personal growth. This heartwarming story explor
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"As the tumultuous decade of the 1960s ended, a number of very traditional, very conservative, highly prestigious colleges and universities in the United States and the United Kingdom decided to go coed, seemingly all at once, in a remarkably brief span of time. Coeducation met with fierce resistance. As one alumnus put it in a letter to his alma mater, "Keep the damned women out." Focusing on the complexities of institutional decision making, this...
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Gerritsen collection of women's history volume no. 2951
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Grafton Press
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English
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A physician and commissioner of schools provides social and physiological arguments reminiscent of the late 19th century regarding the dangers to women of higher coeducation.
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Gerritsen collection of women's history volume no. 534
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English
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A Ph.D. from Yale challenges the myths about the dangers of higher education to women and confronts the issue of what a college educated woman should do after graduation.
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English
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"Based upon personal files and correspondence, family records and the intimate knowledge of the author, this informal but authoritative biography of Mary Emma Woolley will be treasured by the countless thousands who loved her. One of the nation's most notable educators, Dr. Woolley was President of Mount Holyoke College for 37 years and served several terms as the head of the American Association of University Women. She worked indefatigably for world...
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Gerritsen collection of women's history volume no. 2839
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Baker & Taylor
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English
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Written by the president of the Women's College of Western Reserve University, this book confronts many of the contemporary questions related to the higher education of women and focuses particularly on the issues of health and future employment.
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Gerritsen collection of women's history volume no. 611
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English
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An advocate of higher education for women describes student life at approximately 20 American colleges for women, among them Wellesley, Smith and Mount Holyoke.
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English
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This report assesses how the classroom climate is affected by classroom structure, power dynamics within the classroom, different pedagogical styles, the curriculum, and the relationships between male and female students. Data come from quantitative and qualitative studies in classrooms at all levels and in related settings, along with surveys, interviews, and numerous other data-gathering approaches. The report is presented in five parts. Part 1,...
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Gerritsen collection of women's history volume no. 1047
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Schulz
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[1892]
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Deutsch
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An interesting little study giving both sides of the argument for and against the education of women at the university level. Some statistics are included, as well as some suggestions for reform.
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Gerritsen collection of women's history volume no. 1730
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H. Warkentien
Pub. Date
1897
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Deutsch
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An argument against higher education for women, at least in any formalized fashion.
18) University education of women: a lecture delivered at University College, Liverpool, in May, 1896
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Gerritsen collection of women's history volume no. 2637
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Macmillan & Bowes
Pub. Date
1897
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English
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Gerritsen collection of women's history volume no. 925
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s.n
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1893]
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Français