16%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Higher Education for Women in Postwar America, 1945–1965
Linda Eisenmann
€ 54.99
€ 46.09
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Higher Education for Women in Postwar America, 1945–1965
Hardback. By redefining our understanding of activism and assessing women's efforts within the context of their milieu, this innovative work reclaims an era often denigrated for its lack of attention to women. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; JFSJ1; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
This history explores the nature of postwar advocacy for women's higher education, acknowledging its unique relationship to the expectations of the era and recognizing its particular type of adaptive activism. Linda Eisenmann illuminates the impact of this advocacy in the postwar era, identifying a link between women's activism during World War II and the women's movement of the late 1960s. Though the postwar period has been portrayed as an era of domestic retreat for women, Eisenmann finds otherwise as she explores areas of institution building and gender awareness. In an era uncomfortable with feminism, this generation advocated individual decision making ... Read more
This history explores the nature of postwar advocacy for women's higher education, acknowledging its unique relationship to the expectations of the era and recognizing its particular type of adaptive activism. Linda Eisenmann illuminates the impact of this advocacy in the postwar era, identifying a link between women's activism during World War II and the women's movement of the late 1960s. Though the postwar period has been portrayed as an era of domestic retreat for women, Eisenmann finds otherwise as she explores areas of institution building and gender awareness. In an era uncomfortable with feminism, this generation advocated individual decision making ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801882616
SKU
V9780801882616
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Linda Eisenmann
Linda Eisenmann is the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at John Carroll University, past president of the History of Education Society, and president-elect of the Association for the Study of Higher Education.
Reviews for Higher Education for Women in Postwar America, 1945–1965
Groundbreaking synthesis... Highly recommended. Choice 2006 This is an interesting book and Eisenmann skillfully demonstrates the connections between governmental policy, social ideologies, and higher education.
Jana Nidiffer Review of Higher Education 2006 Historians of education and gender will find the book useful.
Amy Thompson McCandless History: Reviews of New Books 2006 Eisenmann gives the postwar activists the attention ... Read more
Jana Nidiffer Review of Higher Education 2006 Historians of education and gender will find the book useful.
Amy Thompson McCandless History: Reviews of New Books 2006 Eisenmann gives the postwar activists the attention ... Read more