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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788685203321

Autore

Ritter Kelly

Titolo

To know her own history : writing at the woman's college, 1943-1963 / / Kelly Ritter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Pittsburgh : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

0-8229-7787-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Collana

Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture

Disciplina

378.1/9822

Soggetti

Women's colleges - United States - History - 20th century

Academic writing - Study and teaching (Higher)

Women - Education (Higher) - United States - History - 20th century

Composition (Language arts) - Study and teaching (Secondary) - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Her history matters: the United States normal school and the roots of women's public education -- In her own words: the yearling and first-year writing, 1948-51 -- Revisionist history: general education reform from Harvard University to the woman's college, 1943-56 -- The double-helix of creative/composition: Randall Jarrell, May Bush, and the politics of writing programs, 1947-63 -- What's in a name? women's writing histories and archival research in composition studies.