muffy@remarque.berkeley.edu (Muffy Barkocy) (04/24/91)
The discussion about education started me wondering. I know that, originally, women weren't educated in universities. Then they couldn't get degrees. They were not welcome in various fields. More recently, they supposedly went to college primarily to get married. However, I don't really know the history of all this; exactly when, how, and what. Can anyone either give a somewhat-brief summary or suggest a good book detailing the history of (college) education of women? Muffy
Marla.Parker@eng.sun.COM (Marla Parker) (04/26/91)
In article <MUFFY.91Apr20225218@remarque.berkeley.edu> muffy@remarque.berkeley.edu (Muffy Barkocy) writes: >they supposedly went to college primarily to get married. However, I >don't really know the history of all this; exactly when, how, and what. >Can anyone either give a somewhat-brief summary or suggest a good book >detailing the history of (college) education of women? YES, I can give you a *great* book to read. If you are only interested in the education part, you can just read the chapter dedicated to answering precisely the question you ask. However, the entire book is well worth reading. It is: _Century_of_Struggle_, by Eleanor Flexner. It is still in print but a good library will probably have it. My library is rather small and it has it. I don't generally read non-fiction history books, but I read this one cover to cover and thoroughly enjoyed it. I think it is extremely well written because although it was published in the late 50's, it is not at all "dated". It could have been written yesterday for all I knew until I checked the date. The only exception to this is in the epilogue where she compares aspects of the women's rights movement to the "current civil rights" struggle. I think that is what made me check the date. The comments in the epilogue are dated, but still interesting. -- Marla Parker (415) 336-2538 marla@eng.sun.com