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Provides us with an intimate picture of the social experience of antebellum women's colleges and seminaries in the South, analyzing the impact of these colleges upon the cultural construction of femininity among white Southern women, and their legacy for higher education. This book also examines the impact of slavery on faculty and students.

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"A highly readable investigation of [the] mores and systems of education that prepared women for a life of the mind, while at the same time indoctrinating them for conventional roles as wives and mothers." * Booklist *
"Farnham has uncovered a wealth of information about a virtually untouched topic." -- Joan Hoff,Professor of History, Indiana University, Co-editor * The Journal of Women's History *

The Education of the Southern Belle Higher

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    A Paperback / softback by Christie Anne Farnham

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      Publisher: New York University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/05/1995
      ISBN13: 9780814726341, 978-0814726341
      ISBN10: 0814726348

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Provides us with an intimate picture of the social experience of antebellum women's colleges and seminaries in the South, analyzing the impact of these colleges upon the cultural construction of femininity among white Southern women, and their legacy for higher education. This book also examines the impact of slavery on faculty and students.

      Trade Review
      "A highly readable investigation of [the] mores and systems of education that prepared women for a life of the mind, while at the same time indoctrinating them for conventional roles as wives and mothers." * Booklist *
      "Farnham has uncovered a wealth of information about a virtually untouched topic." -- Joan Hoff,Professor of History, Indiana University, Co-editor * The Journal of Women's History *

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