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The Transformation of Women’s Collegiate Education

The Legacy of Virginia Gildersleeve

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Authors:
  1. Patrick Dilley

    1. Southern Illinois University Carbondale , Carbondale, USA

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  • Traces the arc of Gildersleeve's intellectual and professional career through the development of her advocacy for women’s education and its impact

  • One of the first book length works focusing on Gildersleeve's role in American higher education

  • Draws from previously unexamined archival data

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction

    • Patrick Dilley
    Pages 1-5

  3. Gildersleeve’s Early Education and Early Women’s Higher Education

    • Patrick Dilley
    Pages 7-21

  4. Dean Gildersleeve: Redefining a Women’s College

    • Patrick Dilley
    Pages 23-53

  5. Progressivism, Race, and Feminism

    • Patrick Dilley
    Pages 55-76

  6. Educational Philosophy and the Responsibility of Citizenship

    • Patrick Dilley
    Pages 77-93

  7. Higher Education and the War

    • Patrick Dilley
    Pages 95-109

  8. The Legacy of Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve

    • Patrick Dilley
    Pages 111-128

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 129-133
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About this book

This book examines the life of Virginia Gildersleeve, the dean of Barnard College from 1911 to 1947, who dedicated her life to expanding women’s collegiate opportunities to match those of men, and to allow women entry into professional and graduate programs. Gildersleeve was the first academic to use the media to define for the American public what higher education--and particularly what higher education for women--meant. The only woman to sign the United Nations charter, she made waves by implementing the first program to allow women into the Navy. This book explores how Gildersleeve’s life exemplifies the expanded and changing educational opportunities for women during the Progressive Era and early twentieth century, with the rise of feminists, progressive reformers, and educational philosophers. Although Gildersleeve is nearly forgotten, her importance to women’s higher education, women’s inclusion in the US military, and world peace is captured in this blend of historical analysis and life history.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Southern Illinois University Carbondale , Carbondale, USA

    Patrick Dilley

About the author

Patrick Dilley is Associate Professor of Higher Education and Qualitative Research, and Associate Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Transformation of Women’s Collegiate Education

  • Book Subtitle: The Legacy of Virginia Gildersleeve

  • Authors: Patrick Dilley

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46861-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-46860-0Published: 15 December 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-46861-7Published: 01 December 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VII, 133

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: History of Education, Administration, Organization and Leadership, Educational Policy and Politics

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