Author : Pauline Adams
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Book Synopsis Somerville for Women by : Pauline Adams
Download or read book Somerville for Women written by Pauline Adams and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1996 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Somerville for Women is the first history to appear for 75 years of the pioneering Oxford women's college whose alumnae include a Nobel prize-winner for chemistry, two prime ministers, and a whole school of novelists. As an account of the strategies adopted by an academic community of women, first to gain acceptance by a male university, and then to survive within a mixed one, it is a domestic history of much more than domestic interest. Drawing on a rich archive, and a wide range of published sources, it provides significant insights into the history of the University and touches on many aspects of women's studies. The concluding account of the circumstances leading in 1992 to the controversial decision to admit men raises a number of issues of importance for higher education in general and Oxford in particular." --Book Jacket.