To know her own history
Subtitle: writing at the woman's college, 1943-1963
By: Kelly Ritter
Series: Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Pittsburgh
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780822961864
Subjects: Study and teaching (Secondary); Academic writing; Women's colleges; Study and teaching (Higher); Composition (Language arts); Education (Higher); Case studies; Women; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Her history matters: the United States normal school and the roots of women's public education; title: In her own words: the yearling and first-year writing, 1948-51; title: Revisionist history: general education reform from Harvard University to the woman's college, 1943-56; title: The double-helix of creative/composition: Randall Jarrell, May Bush, and the politics of writing programs, 1947-63; title: What's in a name? women's writing histories and archival research in composition studies.