Author:
Radke-Moss, Andrea G.
Imprint:Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2008.
Descriptionxii, 352 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note:Making a welcome for women students: the discourse of coeducational inclusion by administrators and students -- The place of women students: reading the language and practices of gender separation -- The early practice of coeducation: literary societies as laboratories for separation and inclusion -- Women students' sociality: building relationships with men and women -- Women's course work: farm wives, finished ladies, or functioning scientists? -- Under the gaze: women's physical activity and sport at land-grant colleges -- "The American eagle in bloomers": "student-soldieresses" and women's military activity -- Challenging political separation: women's rights activism at land-grant colleges and universities -- Conclusion: Bright epoch: when the fair daughters joined the ranks.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-341) and index.
