Description
Book SynopsisHistory of women's soroties - originally called fraternities - and how that shapes women's experiences in college.
Trade ReviewTurk illuminates a previously neglected, marginal(ized) subject in her balanced assessment, showing how women's Greek letter fraternities reflected larger social currents: gracefully written and handsomely presented. * Choice *
Turk presents a mostly balanced treatment of women's fraternities. She fills in gaps left behind by previous scholars. * American Historical Review *
Turk paints an eloquent picture of how the bonds of sisterhood sustained these women and their fellow pioneers . . . Turk is to be commended for illuminating a neglected but relevant chapter in the history of women's education. * Library Journal *
Table of ContentsContentsPreface Acknowledgments Introduction: Fraternities' Past and Historians' Present1 Of Serious Mind and Purpose: The First Generation of Fraternity Women 2 The Most Socially Eligible: "At Home" with the Second Generation of Fraternity Women 3 A National Society to Rank with the First in America: Expansion and Exclusion in the Women's Greek System4 In Search of Unity: Fostering "High Ideals" in the Face of Antifraternity Sentiment, 1910-1920 5 Once a Sister, Always a Sister: Fraternity Membership in the Postcollege Years 6 Bound by a Mighty Vow: The Costs and Bene?ts of Fraternity Membership, 1870-1920 Notes Bibliography Index About the Author
