{"product_id":"pursuing-truth-9781501753794","title":"Pursuing Truth","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePursuing Truth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Mary J. Oates explores the roles that religious women played in teaching generations of college and university students amid slow societal change that brought the grudging acceptance of Catholics in public life.\u003c\/b\u003e Across the twentieth century, Catholic women''s colleges modeled themselves on, and sometimes positioned themselves against, elite secular colleges. Oates describes these critical pedagogical practices by focusing on Notre Dame of Maryland University, formerly known as the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, the first Catholic college in the United States to award female students four-year degrees.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sisters and laywomen on the faculty and in the administration at Notre Dame of Maryland persevered in their work while facing challenges from the establishment of the Catholic Church, mainline Protestant churches, and secular institutions. \u003ci\u003ePursuing Truth\u003c\/i\u003e presents the stories of the institution''s female founders, admin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Women's Education and the College of Notre Dame of Maryland\u003cbr\u003e 1. American Catholics and Female Higher Education: Founding Catholic Women's Colleges\u003cbr\u003e 2. Women Educating Women: Catholic Ways and Means\u003cbr\u003e 3. Divided or Diverse? Questions of Class, Race, and Religious Life\u003cbr\u003e 4. Educating Catholic Women: The Liberal and Practical Arts at the College of Notre Dame\u003cbr\u003e 5. Sectarian or Free? Catholic Identity on Trial in the 1960s and 1970s\u003cbr\u003e 6. \"Convent Colleges\": Social Mores and Educated Women\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: A Catholic Women's Liberal Arts College\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409349386583,"sku":"9781501753794","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501753794.jpg?v=1730506511","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/pursuing-truth-9781501753794","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}