Southern women at the seven sister colleges
Subtitle: feminist values and social activism, 1875-1915
By: Joan Marie Johnson.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9780820330952
Subjects: Women -- Southern States -- History; Women social reformers -- Southern States -- History; Sex role -- Southern States -- History; Social problems -- Southern States -- History; Southern States -- Social conditions -- 1865-1945
Description: 229 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-221) and index.
Table of contents: title: In the wonderland of the mind : the benefits of a liberal arts education; title: We do want more southern girls to come : entrance requirements, preparatory departments and schools, and alumnae networks; title: From homesick southerners to independent Yankees : the campus experience; title: A southerner in Yankeeland : southern clubs, Yankee ways, and African American classmates; title: After college : the marriage and career dilemma; title: After college : the activist.