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Author Klink, Angie, 1959-

Title The deans' Bible : five Purdue women and their quest for equality / by Angie Klink.

Publication Info. West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, [2014]
©2014

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 460 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits.
Series The founders series
Founders series.
Note Includes index.
Summary " Like pearls threaded one-by-one to form a necklace, five women successively nurtured students on the Purdue University campus in America's heartland during the 1930s to 1990s. Individually, each became a legendary dean of women or dean of students. Collectively, they wove a sisterhood of mutual support in their common--sometimes thwarted--pursuit of shared human rights and equality for all. Dorothy C. Stratton, Helen B. Schleman, M. Beverley Stone, Barbara I. Cook, and Betty M. Nelson opened new avenues for women and became conduits for change, fostering opportunities for all people. They were loved by students and revered by colleagues. The women also were respected throughout the United States as founding leaders of the Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS), frontrunners in the National Association of Women Deans and Counselors, and as pivotal members of presidential committees in the Kennedy and Nixon administrations. While it is focused on changing attitudes on one college campus, The Deans' Bible sheds light on cultural change in America as a whole, exploring how each of the deans participated nationally in the quest for equality. The story rolls through the "picture-perfect," suppressive 1950s, the awakening 1960s, women's liberation, Title IX, 1980s AIDS and alcohol epidemics, the changing mores for the disabled, and ends in the twenty-first century. As each woman succeeded the other, forming a five-dean friendship, they knitted their bond with a secret symbol--a Bible. Originally possessed by Purdue's first part-time Dean of Women Carolyn Shoemaker, the Bible was handed down from dean to dean with favorite passages marked. The lowercased word "bible" is often used in connection with reference works or "guidebooks." The Deans' Bible serves as a guidebook, brimming with stories of courageous women who led by example and lived their convictions"-- Provided by publisher.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Purdue University -- Faculty -- Biography.
Purdue University. (OCoLC)fst00535526
Women deans (Education) -- United States -- Biography.
HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI).
HISTORY / Social History.
EDUCATION / History.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Educators.
EDUCATION / Higher.
Universities and colleges -- Faculty. (OCoLC)fst01161748
Women deans (Education) (OCoLC)fst01177555
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Klink, Angie, 1959- Deans' Bible 9781557536761 (DLC) 2013048869 (OCoLC)854609740
ISBN 9781612493251 (electronic bk.)
1612493254 (electronic bk.)
9781612493268 (electronic bk.)
1612493262 (electronic bk.)
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