A Male President for Mount Holyoke College The Failed Fight to Maintain Female Leadership, 1934-1937 |
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| Author:
| Meeropol, Ann Karus |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7864-7133-1 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2014 |
| Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $39.95USD $4.00 |
Book Description:
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A struggle arose over who would succeed Mary Emma Woolley as president of Mount Holyoke College in 1937. Woolley had transformed Mount Holyoke into an elite women's college in which leadership in the administration and faculty was almost exclusively female. Beginning in 1933, a group of male trustees determined to change the college. This book tells the story of how this group dominated the search process and ultimately convinced the majority of the trustees to offer the presidency to...
More DescriptionA struggle arose over who would succeed Mary Emma Woolley as president of Mount Holyoke College in 1937. Woolley had transformed Mount Holyoke into an elite women's college in which leadership in the administration and faculty was almost exclusively female. Beginning in 1933, a group of male trustees determined to change the college. This book tells the story of how this group dominated the search process and ultimately convinced the majority of the trustees to offer the presidency to Mr. Roswell Gray Ham.