Changing the subject how the women of Columbia shaped the way we think about sex and politics

Rosenberg, Rosalind 1946- (Author).

Summary: This remarkable story begins in the years following the Civil War, when reformers -- emboldened by the egalitarian rhetoric of the post--Civil War era -- pressed New York City's oldest institution of higher learning to admit women in the 1870s. Their effort failed, but within twenty years Barnard College was founded, creating a refuge for women scholars at Columbia, as well as an academic beachhead ""from which women would make incursions into the larger university."" By 1950, Columbia was granting more advanced degrees to women and hiring more female faculty than any other university.

Record details

ISBN: 9780231126441
ISBN: 0231126441
ISBN: 9780231501149
ISBN: 0231501145
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 396 pages) : illustrations
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electronic resource
Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2004.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-373) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The battle over coeducation -- Establishing beachheads -- City of women -- Patterns of culture -- Womanpower -- Sexual politics -- The battle over coeducation renewed.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.