The Education of the southern belle : higher education and student socialization in the antebellum South / Christie Anne Farnham.

Author: Farnham, Christie.

Imprint:New York ; London : New York University Press, c1994.

Descriptionx, 257 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Note:pt. 1. Academic Life. 1. What's in a Name? Antebellum Female Colleges. 2. From Embroidery to Greek: Raising Academic Levels. 3. Educating a Lady: The Formal Curriculum -- pt. 2. The World of the Female School. 4. The Yankee Dispersion: Faculty Life in Female Schools. 5. Trying to Look Very Fascinating: The Informal Curriculum. 6. Sisters: The Development of Sororities. 7. Lovers: Romantic Friendships. 8. Queens: May Day Queens as Symbol and Substance -- Epilogue: The Enduring Image of the Southern Belle.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-245) and indexes.

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