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Higher education for women in postwar America, 1945-1965 / Linda Eisenmann.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Eisenmann, Linda, 1952-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Education (Higher)--United States--History--20th century.
- Women.
- Education, Higher--United States--History--20th century.
- Education, Higher.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (291 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- By redefining our understanding of activism and assessing women's efforts within the context of their milieu, this innovative work reclaims an era often denigrated for its lack of attention to women.
- Contents:
- Postwar gender expectations and realities
- Educators consider the postwar college woman
- Research: the American Council on Education's Commission on the Education of Women
- Practice: advocacy in women's professional organizations
- Policy: the President's Commission on the Status of Women
- Women's continuing education as an institutional response
- The contributions and limitations of women's continuing education.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8018-8889-1
- OCLC:
- 647867909
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