Adventures Abroad
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Adventures Abroad

North American Women at German-Speaking Universities, 1868-1915

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Adventures Abroad

North American Women at German-Speaking Universities, 1868-1915

About this book

In the period between the Civil War and World War I, German universities provided North American women with opportunities in graduate and professional training that were not readily available to them at home. This training allowed women to compete to a greater degree with men in increasingly professionalized fields. In return for such opportunities, these women played a key role in opening up German universities to all women. Many devoted the rest of their lives to creating better research and graduate opportunities for other women, forever changing the course of higher education in North America. This study provides accounts of the incredible barriers encountered by these first women students in Europe. It documents their perseverance and hard-won triumphs and includes as well the stories of the progressive men who mentored them and fought for their rights to higher education. Never before has documentation of so many North American students at German-speaking universities been included in one volume. This collection of stories from women across disciplines makes it possible to assess the truly remarkable nature of their combined contributions to higher education and research in North America and Europe.

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Information

Publisher
Praeger
Year
2003
Print ISBN
9780313323713
eBook ISBN
9780313096860
Edition
1
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Introduction
  4. Chapter One Studying Abroad
  5. Chapter Two Women in Medicine
  6. Chapter Three Women in the Humanities
  7. Chapter Four Women in Mathematics and Science
  8. Chapter Five Women in the Social Sciences and Psychology
  9. Chapter Six Women in the Fine Arts
  10. Conclusion
  11. Notes
  12. Bibliography
  13. Index