Our Rightful Place (eBook)

A History of Women at the University of Kentucky, 1880–1945

Terry L. Birdwhistell, Deirdre A. Scaggs (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
262 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-7940-7 (ISBN)

Infos

In 1880, forty-three women walked into the president's office at the University of Kentucky (UK) and signed the student register, becoming the first female students at a public college in the commonwealth. But gaining admittance was only the beginning. For the next sixty-five yearsencompassing two world wars, an economic depression, and the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendmentgenerations of women at UK claimed and reclaimed their right to an equitable university experience. Their work remains unfinished.Drawing on yearbooks, photographs, and other private collections, Our Rightful Place: A History of Women at the University of Kentucky, 18801945 examines the struggle for gender equity in higher education through the lens of one major institution. In the face of shifting resistance, pioneering women constructed opportunities for themselves. Terry L. Birdwhistell and Deirdre A. Scaggs highlight three womenSarah Blanding, Frances Jewell McVey, and Sarah Bennett Holmeswho fought for access to basic facilities that were denied to UK women for decades, including housing and study spaces. By examining the trials and triumphs of UK's first female undergraduates, faculty, and administrators, this book uncovers the lasting impact women had on higher learning in the early days of coeducation.

Autor

Terry L. Birdwhistell is senior oral historian and founding director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History at the University of Kentucky Libraries. He is former president of the Oral History Association and previously served as Dean of Libraries at UK Libraries. He has contributed to numerous collections, including The Encyclopedia of Louisville and The Kentucky Encyclopedia, and is co-general editor of Kentucky Remembered: An Oral History Series. His articles have appeared in publications such as Kentucky Law Journal and the Kentucky Review. Deirdre A. Scaggs is associate dean of the University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center. She also serves as director of the Wendell H. Ford Public Policy Research Center. She is author of Women in Lexington and coauthor of The Historic Kentucky Kitchen: Traditional Recipes for Today's Cook.

Inhalt

Introduction
First Women and the Will to Succeed
Frances Jewell McVey and the Refinement of Student Culture
Sarah Blanding and the Modern College Woman
Economic Depression and an Uncertain Future
World War II and the Illusion of Equality
Epilogue

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.7.2020
• Reihe/Serie: Topics in Kentucky History
• Reihe/Serie: Topics in Kentucky History
• Reihe/Serie: Topics in Kentucky History
• Zusatzinfo: 79 b&w halftones
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lernhilfen ► Sekundarstufe I
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Schlagworte: Coeducation • college basketball • College enrollment • Dean • feminisim • Glass Ceiling • Great Depression • Home economics • patterson hall • Perseverance • preseverance • sororities • women's culture • Women's equality • World War I • World War II
• ISBN-10: 0-8131-7940-8 / 0813179408
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-7940-7 / 9780813179407