1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910823973303321

Autore

Radke-Moss Andrea G

Titolo

Bright epoch : women & coeducation in the American West / / Andrea G. Radke-Moss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2008

ISBN

1-281-95850-6

9786611958503

0-8032-1942-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Collana

Women in the West

Disciplina

378.0082

Soggetti

Coeducation - West (U.S.)

Sexism in higher education - West (U.S.)

Women college students - West (U.S.)

Women - Education - West (U.S.)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-341) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Illustrations; Tables and Graphs; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Making a Welcome for Women Students; 2. The Place of Women Students; 3. The Early Practice of Coeducation; 4. Women Students' Sociality; 5. Women's Course Work; 6. Under the Gaze; 7. "The American Eagle in Bloomers"; 8. Challenging Political Separation; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

With the passage of the Morrill Act in 1862, many states in the Midwest and the West chartered land-grant colleges following the Civil War. Because of both progressive ideologies and economic necessity, these institutions admitted women from their inception and were among the first public institutions to practice coeducation. Although female students did not feel completely accepted by their male peers and professors in the land-grant environment, many of them nonetheless successfully negotiated greater gender inclusion for themselves and their peers.