Alice Freeman Palmer: The Evolution of a New Woman.

Autor/in	Bordin, Ruth
Titel	Alice Freeman Palmer: The Evolution of a New Woman.
Quelle	(1993), (314 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	0-472-10392-X
Schlagwörter	Biographies; College Presidents; Educational History; Exceptional Persons; Feminism; Higher Education; Life Events; Middle Class; Sex Fairness; Social Change; Women Administrators; Women Faculty; Womens Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Biography; Biografie; Biographie; College president; Hochschulpräsident; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Feminismus; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Mittelschicht; Sexualaufklärung; Sozialer Wandel; Weibliche Führungskraft; Frauenakademie; Weibliche Gelehrte; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung
Abstract	This book presents a biographical account of the life of Alice Freeman Palmer (1855-1902) who is credited with expanding academic horizons for women in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It tells of the obstacles she confronted as she chose both marriage and a professional career as well as illuminates this transitional period in the history of educated, middle-class women at the turn of the century. Using a variety of largely untapped sources, the author tells of Palmer's rise to become president of Wellesley College before the age of 30, and her temporary voluntary positions where she influenced women's education: as trustee of Wellesley College; an adviser to Radcliffe, Barnard, and Pembroke; and as a popular lecturer on women and higher education. The book also tells of her appointment as the first dean of the newly founded University of Chicago and her continuing struggle to ensure women's acceptance in education as students, faculty, and staff. (Contains a bibliography of approximately 200 items and an index.) (GLR)
Anmerkungen	University of Michigan Press, P.O. Box 1104, Ann Arbor, MI 48107-1104 ($49.50).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC