The Dean's Bible

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-55753-676-1
Verlag: Purdue University Press

Buch, Englisch, 427 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 930 g

Reihe: The Founders Series

Like pearls threaded one-by-one to form a necklace, five women successively nurtured students on the Purdue University campus in America’s heartland during the 1930s to 1990s. Individually, each became a legendary dean of women or dean of students. Collectively, they wove a sisterhood of mutual support in their common-sometimes thwarted-pursuit of shared human rights and equality for all. While it is focused on changing attitudes on one college campus, The Deans’ Bible sheds light on cultural change in America as a whole, exploring how each of the deans participated nationally in the quest for equality. The story rolls through the “picture-perfect,” suppressive 1950s, the awakening 1960s, women’s liberation, Title IX, 1980s AIDS and alcohol epidemics, the changing mores for the disabled, and ends in the twenty-first century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Klink, Angie

Über Autor(innen)

Angie Klink writes biographies, histories, children’s books, essays, and advertising copy. She is the author of Kirby’s Way: How Kirby and Caroline Risk Built their Company on Kitchen-Table Values, a spirited profile of one of the Midwest’s leading businessmen, his wife, and their company, the Kirby Risk Corporation, published by Purdue University Press in July 2012. In her book Divided Paths, Common Ground: The Story of Mary Matthews and Lella Gaddis, Pioneering Purdue Women Who Introduced Science into the Home, Klink brings to life two remarkable