University Women - A History of Women and Higher Education in Canada

For the first generations of university women, higher education was a transformative experience, but these opportunities would narrow in the decades that followed. Examining the period between 1870 and 1930, University Women explores the processes of integration and separation that marked women's contested entrance into higher education.

About the author

Sara Z. MacDonald is associate professor in the Department of History at Laurentian University.

Summary

For the first generations of university women, higher education was a transformative experience, but these opportunities would narrow in the decades that followed. Examining the period between 1870 and 1930, University Women explores the processes of integration and separation that marked women’s contested entrance into higher education.

Product details

• Authors: Sara Z MacDonald, Sara Z. MacDonald
• Publisher: Mcgill-Queen's University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9780228008644
• ISBN: 978-0-228-00864-4
• No. of pages: 424
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 617 g
• Series: Carleton Library Series; Carleton Library; Carleton Contemporary; Critical Languages
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous