Separate by Degree : Women Students' Experiences in Single-Sex and Coeducational Colleges

by Miller-Bernal, Leslie

• ISBN13: 9780820444123
• ISBN10: 082044412X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-01
• Publisher: Peter Lang Pub Inc

Author Biography

Leslie Miller-Bernal is Professor of Sociology at Wells College.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
List of Tables	xi
List of Figures	xiii
Preface	xv
Acknowledgments	xix
PART ONE The Historical Background of Women's Education in Four Liberal Arts Colleges
Introduction	3	(8)
``Consecrated'' to the ``Ideal of True Womanhood'': Wells College's Beginnings	11	(30)
``Ladies on the Scene'': Women Enter Middlebury College	41	(24)
``Free from the Drawbacks...Observed in Co-education'': The Coordinate College, William Smith	65	(32)
Progress and Setbacks: Women Students' Experiences at Three Colleges, 1915--1965	97	(42)
Women's Struggle for Equality Continues: The Story of Kirkland College	139	(62)
Illustrations	187	(14)
PART TWO The Single-Sex versus Coeducation Debate: Experiences of Women Students at Wells, Middlebury, William Smith, and Hamilton Colleges
Separate or Together? Myths, Facts, and Research on How Girls and Women Should Be Educated	201	(30)
The Class of '88 Enters College	231	(24)
College Experiences and Changes in Attitudes and Aspirations of the Class of '88	255	(34)
Alumnae's Experiences and the Four Colleges in the 1990s	289	(50)
Conclusion: The Future of Separatism	339	(8)
References	347	(18)
Index	365