1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789181003321

Autore

Wells H. G (Herbert George), <1866-1946.>

Titolo

The secret places of the heart / / H.G. Wells

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Auckland, New Zealand] : , : The Floating Press, , 1922

2011

ISBN

1-77652-104-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (238 p.)

Disciplina

813.6

Soggetti

Physician and patient

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Title; Contents; Chapter the First - The Consultation; Chapter the Second - Lady Hardy; Chapter the Third - The Departure; Chapter the Fourth - At Maidenhead; Chapter the Fifth - In the Land of the Forgotten Peoples; Chapter the Sixth - The Encounter at Stonehenge; Chapter the Seventh - Companionship; Chapter the Eighth - Full Moon; Chapter the Ninth - The Last Days of Sir Richmond Hardy

Sommario/riassunto

H.G. Wells is best remembered as a central figure in the development of the science fiction genre and as the creator of such works as The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, and The War of the Worlds. However, much of his literary output was more conventional in nature, and he published a number of novels dealing with interpersonal relationships and social themes. Many critics regard The Secret Places of the Heart as a heavily autobiographical account of one of Wells' failed...



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910155278303321

Autore

Dilley Patrick

Titolo

The Transformation of Women’s Collegiate Education : The Legacy of Virginia Gildersleeve / / by Patrick Dilley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

9783319468617

3319468618

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VII, 133 p. 6 illus. in color.)

Collana

Palgrave Pivot

Disciplina

370.09

Soggetti

Education - History

School management and organization

Education and state

History of Education

Organization and Leadership

Educational Policy and Politics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- 1. Gildersleeve’s Early Education and Early Women’s Higher Education -- 2. Dean Gildersleeve: Redefining a Woman’s College -- 3. Progressivism, Race, and Feminism -- 4. Educational Philosophies and Responsibility of Citizenship -- 5. Higher Education and the War -- 6. The Legacy of Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve.

Sommario/riassunto

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 United Nations charter, Gildersleeve made waves by implementing the first program to allow women into the Navy. This book explores how Gildersleeve’s life exemplifies the expanded and changing educational opportunities for women during the Progressive Era and early twentieth



century, with the rise of feminists, progressive reformers, and educational philosophers. Although Gildersleeve is nearly forgotten, her importance to women’s higher education, women’s inclusion in the US military, and world peace is captured in this blendof historical analysis and life history.