University Coeducation in the Victorian Era chronicles the inclusion of women in state-supported male universities during the nineteenth century. Based on primary sources produced by the administrators, faculty, and students, or other contemporary Victorian writers, this book provides insight from multiple perspectives of an important step in the progress of gender relations in higher education and society at large. By studying twelve institutions in the United States, and another twelve in the United Kingdom, the comparative scope of the work is substantial and brings local, regional, national, and international questions together, while not losing sight of individual university student experiences.
Author(s): Christine D. Myers
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 283
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
List of Images......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Abbreviations of Archives and Special Collections Used......Page 14
One: The Process of Inclusion......Page 16
Two: Victorian Views of Coeducation......Page 42
Three: Administration and Legislation......Page 60
Four: Academic Student Life......Page 78
Five: Facilitating Coeducation......Page 108
Six: Extracurricular Student Life......Page 134
Seven: Student Publications......Page 160
Eight: Life After Graduation......Page 182
Nine: Drawing Conclusions......Page 200
Notes......Page 206
Bibliography......Page 258
Index......Page 286