{"product_id":"bound-by-a-mighty-vow-9780814782750","title":"Bound By a Mighty Vow","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHistory of women's soroties - originally called fraternities - and how that shapes women's experiences in college.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTurk 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 *\u003cbr\u003eTurk presents a mostly balanced treatment of women's fraternities. She fills in gaps left behind by previous scholars. * American Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003eTurk 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 *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContentsPreface 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","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48884687929687,"sku":"9780814782750","price":66.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780814782750.jpg?v=1722533034","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/bound-by-a-mighty-vow-9780814782750","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}