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Author Kendall, Elaine.

Title "Peculiar institutions" : an informal history of the Seven Sister colleges / by Elaine Kendall.

Publication Info. New York : Putnam, 1976.

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 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  378.73 KEN    Check Shelf
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Description 272 pages, [8] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Contents The operative word -- The founders: teacher -- The founders: brewer -- The founders -- spinster -- The founders: Evangelist -- The founders: plotters -- The founders: bride -- The founders: physician -- Under way in South Hadley -- Emphasizing pterodactyls -- Hands and hearts -- No sex in mind -- Strong characters -- Rarely debs and never proles -- Over here -- On those terms ... -- The enfranchised -- "An upper class phenomenon" -- Far from the worst place to be -- "A less ambitious direction" -- To the barricades -- Valedictory.
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 258-262.
Note Includes index.
Subject Women -- Education (Higher) -- United States.
ISBN 0399116192: $8.95
9780399116193
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