Women’s Higher Education in the United States: New Historical Perspectives (Historical Studies in Education)

This Volume Presents New Perspectives On The History Of Higher Education For Women In The United States. By Introducing New Voices And Viewpoints Into The Literature On The History Of Higher Education From The Early Nineteenth Century Through The 1970s, These Essays Address The Meaning Diverse Groups Of Women Have Made Of Their Education Or Their Exclusion From Education, And Delve Deeply Into How Those Experiences Were Shaped By Concepts Of Race, Ethnicity, Religion, National Origin. Nash Demonstrates How An Examination Of The History Of Women's Education Can Transform Our Understanding Of Educational Institutions And Processes More Generally. Margaret A. Nash, Editor. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Women’s Higher Education in the United States 4 Series Foreword 6 Acknowledgments 8 Contents 10 Notes on Contributors 12 List of Figures 15 List of Tables 16 1 Thoughts on the History of Women’s Education, Theories of Power, and This Volume: An Introduction 17 Thinking Theoretically 18 Foucault and the Sinews of Power 20 Foucault and Moral Orthopedics 23 Who Is Woman? 24 An Overview of This Volume 26 Outline of Chapters 27 Notes 35 2 “She Pursued Her Life-Work”: The Life Lessons of American Women Educators, 1800–1860 38 Notes 53 3 “Cruel and Wicked Prejudice:” Racial Exclusion and the Female Seminary Movement in the Antebellum North 59 Notes 77 4 The Endorsed and Spontaneous Reading and Writing Exercises of Students in Early State Normal Schools in Massachusetts (1839–1850) 82 Development of Massachusetts State Normal Schools 83 Formal, Endorsed Curriculum 86 Less Constrained, Informal Curriculum 95 Concluding Reflections 99 Notes 100 5 Chinese Female Students in the United States, 1880s–1990s 105 Pioneer Chinese Female Students: 1881–1930s 105 Wartime and Postwar Chinese Female Students: 1940s–1950s 112 Contemporary Chinese Female Students: 1960s–1990s 116 Conclusion 123 Notes 123 6 The Black Female Professoriate at Howard University: 1926–1977 129 The First Generation of Black Women Professoriate 131 The Fight for Gender Equity 132 Women’s Faculty Club 139 Conclusion 143 Notes 145 7 Research at Women’s Colleges, 1890–1940 150 Vassar College: History and Economics 152 Mount Holyoke: History, Economics and Sociology 156 Smith College: History and Economics 159 Goucher College: History, Economics, and Sociology 162 Conclusion 165 Notes 167 8 A Coeducational Pathway to Political & Economic Citizenship: Women’s Student Government and a Philosophy and Practice of Women’s U.S. Higher Coeducation Between 1890 and 1945 171 Coeducation and Deans of Women: A Brief History 173 Adopting a Dyad of Women’s Governance 175 Implementing the Governance Dyad 178 Formalizing Women’s Governance 179 Feminist Activism & Citizenship Preparation in Women’s Governance 183 Political Citizenship and Suffrage 183 Economic Citizenship: Preparing College Women for Careers Through Women’s Governance 185 Conclusion 188 Notes 189 9 From Haskell to Hawaii: One American Indian Woman’s Educational Journey 194 Background: Indian Education 195 Choctaw Experiences 196 Reform 197 Indianness as a Commodity 199 Beginning her Journey, the Story of Cleo Caudell 200 Opening Doors 203 Merging Paths 206 Moving West 208 Making Connections 212 Changing Lives? 213 Notes 214 10 The Hallmarks of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in the West: Women Religious and Education in the United States 220 Patriarchal Bargains and the Sisters in America 224 The Mission, Agency, and Independence of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur 227 Changing Demographics and Vatican II 230 Development of the Hallmarks of a Notre Dame de Namur Learning Community 233 Conclusion 235 Notes 236 11 Before Chicana Civil Rights: Three Generations of Mexican American Women in Higher Education in the Southwest, 1920–1965 242 Mexican Culture and Southwestern Society in the Shaping of Collegiate Access 244 Historical Vignettes in Three Generations 247 Interwar Pioneras: The Fortunate Few in the College Gates, 1920–1937 247 Rosita’s Sisters: College in the World War II and Cold War Eras, 1938–1959 250 Incipient Chicanas: College in the Immediate Pre-Chicana Movimiento Era, 1960–1965 253 Methodological and Historiographical Intersections in Building a History of Mexican American Women in Higher Education 255 Notes 258 12 Building the New Scholarship of Women’s Higher Educational History, 1965–1985 264 Notes 280 13 “The Rest is All Drag”: Trans-gressive Women in Higher Education History 286 Queering Space in the South 290 Gay Liberation Stops Here 292 Drag Queens and Queering Activism 295 Notes 302 14 Epilogue 305 Notes 308 Index 310 Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii Thoughts on the History of Women’s Education, Theories of Power, and This Volume: An Introduction (Margaret A. Nash)....Pages 1-21 “She Pursued Her Life-Work”: The Life Lessons of American Women Educators, 1800–1860 (Lucia McMahon)....Pages 23-43 “Cruel and Wicked Prejudice:” Racial Exclusion and the Female Seminary Movement in the Antebellum North (Kabria Baumgartner)....Pages 45-67 The Endorsed and Spontaneous Reading and Writing Exercises of Students in Early State Normal Schools in Massachusetts (1839–1850) (Kelly Ann Kolodny)....Pages 69-91 Chinese Female Students in the United States, 1880s–1990s (Huping Ling)....Pages 93-116 The Black Female Professoriate at Howard University: 1926–1977 (Linda M. Perkins)....Pages 117-137 Research at Women’s Colleges, 1890–1940 (Mary Ann Dzuback)....Pages 139-159 A Coeducational Pathway to Political & Economic Citizenship: Women’s Student Government and a Philosophy and Practice of Women’s U.S. Higher Coeducation Between 1890 and 1945 (Kelly C. Sartorius)....Pages 161-183 From Haskell to Hawaii: One American Indian Woman’s Educational Journey (Jennifer Talerico-Brown)....Pages 185-210 The Hallmarks of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in the West: Women Religious and Education in the United States (Kim Tolley)....Pages 211-232 Before Chicana Civil Rights: Three Generations of Mexican American Women in Higher Education in the Southwest, 1920–1965 (Victoria-María MacDonald, Alice Cook)....Pages 233-254 Building the New Scholarship of Women’s Higher Educational History, 1965–1985 (Linda Eisenmann)....Pages 255-276 “The Rest is All Drag”: Trans-gressive Women in Higher Education History (Jess Clawson)....Pages 277-295 Epilogue (Margaret A. Nash)....Pages 297-301 Back Matter ....Pages 303-313 "This volume presents new perspectives on the history of higher education for women in the United States. By introducing new voices and viewpoints into the literature on the history of higher education from the early nineteenth century through the 1970s, these essays address the meaning diverse groups of women have made of their education or their exclusion from education, and delve deeply into how those experiences were shaped by concepts of race, ethnicity, religion, national origin. Nash demonstrates how an examination of the history of women's education can transform our understanding of educational institutions and processes more generally."-- Provided by publisher