{"product_id":"higher-education-for-women-in-postwar-america-19451965-9780801887451","title":"Higher Education for Women in Postwar America","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy redefining our understanding of activism and assessing women's efforts within the context of their milieu, this innovative work reclaims an era often denigrated for its lack of attention to women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGroundbreaking synthesis... Highly recommended. Choice 2006 This is an interesting book and Eisenmann skillfully demonstrates the connections between governmental policy, social ideologies, and higher education. -- Jana Nidiffer Review of Higher Education 2006 Historians of education and gender will find the book useful. -- Amy Thompson McCandless History: Reviews of New Books 2006 Eisenmann gives the postwar activists the attention they merit and insightfully conveys their value in women's educational history. -- Nancy Woloch Journal of American History 2006 For social, labor, and women's historians interested in the middle twentieth century, the book is a critically important one. -- Marry Ann Dzuback Journal of Social History 2007 Eisenmann also makes an important contribution to our understanding of postwar American society. -- Susan Ware Journal of Cold War Studies 2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Ideologies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Postwar Gender Expectations and Realities\u003cbr\u003e2. Educators Consider the Postwar College Woman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Explorations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. Research: The American Council on Education's Commission on the Education of Women\u003cbr\u003e4. Practice: Advocacy in Women's Professional Organizations\u003cbr\u003e5. Policy: The President's Commission on the Status of Women\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Responses\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6. Women's Continuing Education as an Institutional Response\u003cbr\u003e7. The Contributions and Limitations of Women's Continuing Education\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405204988247,"sku":"9780801887451","price":26.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801887451.jpg?v=1730489101","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/higher-education-for-women-in-postwar-america-19451965-9780801887451","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}