Gender and the modern research university : the admission of women to German higher education, 1865-1914 / Patricia M. Mazón.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mazón, Patricia M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Education (Higher)--Germany--History.

Women.

Universities and colleges--Germany--Admission--History.

Universities and colleges.

Sex discrimination in higher education--Germany--History.

Sex discrimination in higher education.

History.

Women--Education (Higher).

Germany.

Physical Description:

x, 297 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2003.

Summary:

"This book is important for modern German history and it is also filled with acute observations for all who are interested in educational opportunity and social change."- Lora Wildenthal, Rice University " This is a valuable study, informative and well researched." - American Historical Review

Contents:

Academic citizenship and masculinity in the German world of learning

"What will become of our daughters?" The women's movement and the Studentin, 1865-1900

"Our universities are men's universities" : the debate over women's admission, 1865-1900

Selecting the "better elements" : the regulation of the entrance of women into the university, 1890-1909

Fräulein Doktor : literary images of the first female university students

"A student who can't get drunk?" Women students and the problem of identity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-287) and indexes.

ISBN:

0804746419

OCLC:

51867852