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Author Birdwhistell, Terry L., author.

Title Our rightful place a history of women at the University of Kentucky, 1880-1945 / Terry L. Birdwhistell and Deirdre A. Scaggs
Published Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Topics in Kentucky history
Topics in Kentucky history.
Summary "In 1880, forty-three women walked into the president's office at the University of Kentucky (UK) and signed the student register, becoming the first female students at a public college in the commonwealth. But gaining admittance was only the beginning. For the next sixty-five years-encompassing two world wars, an economic depression, and the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment-generations of women at UK claimed and reclaimed their right to an equitable university experience. Their work remains unfinished. Drawing on yearbooks, photographs, and other private collections, Our Rightful Place: A History of Women at the University of Kentucky, 1880-1945 examines the struggle for gender equity in higher education through the lens of one major institution. In the face of shifting resistance, pioneering women constructed opportunities for themselves. Terry L. Birdwhistell and Deirdre A. Scaggs highlight three women-Sarah Blanding, Frances Jewell McVey, and Sarah Bennett Holmes-who fought to secure basic facilities that were denied to UK women for decades, including housing and study spaces. By examining the trials and triumphs of UK's first female undergraduates, faculty, and administrators, this book uncovers the lasting impact women had on higher learning in the early days of coeducation"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject University of Kentucky -- History
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky -- History
SUBJECT Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky fast
University of Kentucky fast
Subject Women -- Education (Higher) -- Kentucky -- History
EDUCATION / Higher
Women -- Education (Higher)
Kentucky
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
Author Scaggs, Deirdre A., author.
ISBN 9780813179391
0813179394
9780813179384
0813179386