Women at Michigan
Subtitle: the "dangerous experiment," 1870s to the present
By: by Ruth Bordin ; foreword by Martha Vicinus ; introduction by Kathryn Kish Sklar and Lynn Y. Weiner.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 138
Subjects: McGuigan, Dorothy Gies.; University of Michigan -- History.; Women -- Education (Higher) -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor -- History.; Women college teachers -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor -- History.
Description: "Women at Michigan traces the history and changing status of women students, faculty, and staff at the University of Michigan from the reluctant admission of the first women students in the 1870s (which one administrator referred to as the "dangerous experiment") to the present.

The challenges that women at Michigan and other universities faced in an earlier era - including dress codes, curfews, and off-limits-to-women groups like the Michigan Marching Band - may surprise those who observe the relative freedom and status of women on college campuses today. Women at Michigan describes the remarkable efforts of many generations of women to gain equal representation and professional recognition at the university."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-126) and index.
Table of contents: title: Pursuing the cause; title: A most hopeful experiment; title: Change and redefinition; title: Women, war, and crisis; title: From the age of conformity to the stirrings of dissent; title: Change and resistance; title: Victory or accommodation.