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Taking Women Seriously

Lessons and Legacies for Educating the Majority

Taking Women Seriously( )
Author: Tidball, M. Elizabeth
Smith, Daryl G.
Tidball, Charles S.
Wolf-Wendel, Lisa E.
Foreword by: Conway, Jill Ker
Series title:American Council on Education Series on Higher Education
ISBN:978-1-57356-092-4
Publication Date:Jan 2005
Publisher:ABC-CLIO, LLC
Imprint:Greenwood
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $46.95
Book Description:

Over the past 25 years, research findings have continued to underscore the direct and positive impact of women's colleges_institutions where the academic aspirations of women are the focus of the entire educational community. This book identifies the distinctive characteristics that make these colleges preeminent contributors of achieving women to the wider society. The authors also explain how the lessons and legacies of these institutions have the potential to enhance the...
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Book Details
Pages:248
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Women's Studies
Education / Schools / Levels / Higher
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.201 x 9.243 x 0.343 Inches
Book Weight:1.305 Pounds
Author Biography
Tidball, M. Elizabeth (Author)
Jill Ker Conway was born Jill Kathryn Ker in Hillston, New South Wales, Australia on October 9, 1934. She received a history degree from the University of Sydney in 1958 and a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1969. She took a teaching post at the University of Toronto. She became a dean in 1971 and a vice president in 1973. In 1975, she became the first woman to be named president of Smith College. She left Smith in 1985 to become a writer.

She wrote three memoirs entitled The Road from Coorain, True North, and A Woman's Education. In 2002, the PBS program Masterpiece Theater used The Road from Coorain as the basis for a film. She also wrote When Memory Speaks: Reflections on Autobiography. She edited several books including Written by Herself: Autobiographies of American Women and In Her Own Words: Women's Memoirs from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States. In 2013, she was awarded the National Humanities Medal. She died on June 1, 2018 at the age of 83.

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