The Transformation of Women's Collegiate Education: The Legacy of Virginia Gildersleeve

by Patrick Dilley

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This book examines the life of Virginia Gildersleeve, the dean of Barnard College from 1911 to 1947, who dedicated her life to expanding women's collegiate opportunities to match those of men, and to allow women entry into professional and graduate programs. Gildersleeve was the first academic to use the media to define for the American public what higher education--and particularly what higher education for women--meant. The only woman to sign the...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:331946860X

ISBN13:9783319468600

Release Date:December 2016

Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan

Length:133 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"

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