Description
Book SynopsisA Vision for Girls offers an original and engaging history of an institution that helped shape educational goals in America, shedding light on the course of American education and attitudes toward women's intellectual and professional capabilities.
Trade ReviewA Vision for Girls is a skillfully written book that places Bryn Mawr in the context of girls' education in America across the 20th century... excellent work of scholarship. -- Mike Bowler Baltimore Sun Hamilton's treatment of what some might regard as controversial material cannot be faulted. -- William W. Cutler, III American Historical Review 2005 Valuable as a testimony to the import of academic freedom. -- Chara Haeussler Bohan History of Education Quarterly 2005 A Vision for Girls adds a new chapter to the history of American education and women. -- Amy Thompson McCandless Journal of American History 2005 A compelling account of how the history of the Bryn Mawr School parallels the history of female education in the United States, as well as the broader history of the changing roles and expectations of women in American culture. -- Alice Ginsberg Feminist Teacher 2005 Valuable... suitable reading for undergraduate and graduate women's studies or education courses. -- Rebekah Buchanan Feminist Collections 2007
Table of ContentsForeword, by Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz
Preface
Introduction
1. The Bryn Mawr Vision: Imaging a Model School
2. Implementing the Vision: From Ideal to Institutional Realities
3. Transforming the Vision: The Bryn Mawr School in the Mid-Twentieth Century
5. Challenging the Vision: Broadening the Independent School Philosophy and Constituency
6. Reinventing the Vision: A School for Girls
Conclusion
Notes
Index
