Title Louise Pound : scholar, athlete, feminist pioneer / Robert Cochran

Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xi. 319 pages) : illustrations Series Book collections on Project MUSE Contents Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; One: "I have always been satisfied with Nebraska"; Two: "The iridescent glamor of life beginning"; Three: "A genuine Nebraska cyclone"; Four: "She's an athlete; she's a scholar"; Five: "Incapable of orderly thought"; Six: "There is always zest"; Seven: "First woman again"; Notes; Index Summary Louise Pound (1872?1958) was a distinguished literary scholar, renowned athlete, accomplished musician, and devoted women?s sports advocate. She is perhaps best remembered for her groundbreaking work in the field of linguistics and folklore and for her role as the first woman president of the Modern Language Association. A member of a distinguished Nebraska family that included her brother, the prominent legal scholar Roscoe Pound, Louise completed her undergraduate education at the University of Nebraska. When American universities wouldn?t admit her for graduate study, she went on to obtain Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-306) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Pound, Louise, 1872-1958. SUBJECT Pound, Louise, 1872-1958 Pound, Louise, 1872-1958 fast Pound, Louise. swd Subject University of Nebraska--Lincoln -- Faculty -- Biography SUBJECT University of Nebraska--Lincoln fast Subject Women scholars -- Nebraska -- Biography Scholars -- Nebraska -- Biography Athletes -- Nebraska -- Biography Feminists -- United States -- Biography Women's rights -- United States -- History Folklorists -- United States -- Biography College teachers -- Nebraska -- Biography HISTORY -- State & Local. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Women. Athletes College teachers Feminists Folklorists Scholars Universities and colleges -- Faculty Women scholars Women's rights SUBJECT Nebraska -- Biography Subject Nebraska United States Genre/Form Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book LC no. 2008031035 ISBN 9780803222649 0803222645 1282130978 9781282130975 9786612130977 6612130970

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