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The Drunken Duchess of Vassar Grace Harriet Macurdy, Pioneering Feminist Classical Scholar / Barbara McManus ; foreword by Judith P. Hallett and Christopher Stray.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McManus, Barbara F., 1942- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Macurdy, Grace Harriet.
- Women classicists--United States--Biography.
- Women classicists.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (235 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbus, [Ohio] : The Ohio State University Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- In this biography, Barbara McManus recovers the intriguing life story of Grace Harriet Macurdy (1866-1946), Professor of Greek at Vassar College and the first woman classicist to focus her scholarship on the lives of ancient Greco-Roman women.
- Contents:
- The Drunken Duchess: a woman of contrasts
- Family and childhood
- From the Annex to Vassar
- Teacher and scholar
- Embattled
- Soldiering on
- Setting a course
- Unconventional families
- Fighting for justice
- Redefining the classical scholar as a woman
- Retirement: "Now begin the folio".
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8142-7474-9
- OCLC:
- 970693710
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