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Book SynopsisLouise Pound (1872-1958) was a distinguished literary scholar, renowned athlete, accomplished musician, and devoted women's sports advocate. She is perhaps best remembered for her groundbreaking work in the field of linguistics and folklore and for her role as the first woman president of the Modern Language Association. Readers of varied interests will find her story compelling.
Trade Review"This well-written biography details all aspects of Pound's life as scholar, athlete, and advocate for women's sports."—J. C. Tucker,
CHOICE"Cochran's straightforward biography is a pleasure to read."—William M. Clements,
Journal of Folklore Research"Cochran's well-researched and well-written book places Louise Pound securely in her time and place and reveals much about the plight of women in higher education in a not-so-distant past. . . . It is an invaluable work on the history of women in the professions in the early twentieth century."—Shirley Anne Leckie,
Journal of American History"Robert Cochran serves his subject well in this biography of Louise Pound."—Catriona Parratt,
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Acknowledgments
1. "I have always been satisfied with Nebraska"
2. "The iridescent glamor of life beginning"
3. "A genuine Nebraska cyclone"
4. "She's an athlete; she's a scholar"
5. "Incapable of orderly thought"
6. "There is always zest"
7. "First woman again"
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