{"product_id":"the-douglass-century-transformation-of-the-womens-college-at-rutgers-university-hardback-9780813585413","title":"The Douglass Century; Transformation of the Women's College at Rutgers University (Hardback) 9780813585413","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Douglass Century\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTransformation of the Women's College at Rutgers University\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKayo Denda (Author), Mary Hawkesworth (Author), Fernanda Perrone (Author), Carol T. Christ (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813585413\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 12 April 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e352 pages, 73 illustrations\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 3.6 cm, 1.025 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"http:\/\/sections.nj.com\/nj-com\/special-section\/Inside-Jersey\/01-12-2018\/page-1#\"'\u003e\"100-Year Journey At Douglass: From Early Technical Courses To STEM-Oriented Programs\" by Tom Wilk\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Inside Jersey) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/magazine.rutgers.edu\/features\/100-years%E2%80%94and-counting\"'\u003e\"100 Years--and Counting\" interview feature\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Rutgers Magazine) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"http:\/\/www.nj.com\/inside-jersey\/index.ssf\/2018\/02\/the_100-year_journey_of_douglass_college.html\"'\u003e\"100 years of Douglass College\" by Tom Wilk\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (NJ.com) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/news.rutgers.edu\/news\/douglass-century\/20180417#.WtdNUIjwaUl\"'\u003e\"The Rutgers Century\" by Mary Snead\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Rutgers Today) \u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href='\"https:\/\/news.rutgers.edu\/news\/douglass-century\/20180417#.Wtic_4jwaUk\"'\u003e\"The Douglass Century: A new book by Rutgers faculty and staff examines the history and diversity of Douglass Residential College in celebration of its 100th anniversary\" by Merrie Snead\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e (Rutgers Today) \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eRutgers Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e (Spring 2018 issue) mention of \u003ci\u003eThe Douglass Century\u003c\/i\u003e in the \"Letters\" section\u003c\/div\u003e (Rutgers Magazine) \u003cdiv\u003e\"This well-researched book honors the impact of Douglass on the history of New Jersey and on the many young women who attended the institution over the last one hundred years. More significantly, \u003ci\u003eThe Douglass Century \u003c\/i\u003eprovides a thoughtful sense of the struggle women faced as they sought access to higher education and, as important as ever, the continuing challenges women face achieving leadership roles and equity in today’s society.\"\u003c\/div\u003e (New Jersey Studies)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eRutgers University’s Douglass Residential College is the only college for women that is nested within a major public research university in the United States. Although the number of women’s colleges has plummeted from a high of 268 in 1960 to 38 in 2016, Douglass is flourishing as it approaches its centennial in 2018. To explore its rich history, Kayo Denda, Mary Hawkesworth, Fernanda H. Perrone examine the strategic transformation of Douglass over the past century in relation to continuing debates about women’s higher education.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Douglass Century\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the college’s longevity and diversity as distinctive accomplishments, and analyzes the contributions of Douglass administrators, alumnae, and students to its survival, while also investigating multiple challenges that threatened its existence.  This book demonstrates how changing historical circumstances altered the possibilities for women and the content of higher education, comparing the Jazz Age, American the Great Depression, the Second World War, the post-war Civil Rights era, and the resurgence of feminism in the 1970s and 1980s. Concluding in the present day, the authors highlight the college’s ongoing commitment to Mabel Smith Douglass’ founding vision, “to bring about an intellectual quickening, a cultural broadening in connection with specific training so that women may go out into the world fitted…for leadership…in the economic, political, and intellectual life of this nation.” In addition to providing a comprehensive history of the college, the book brings its subjects to life with eighty full-color images from the Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e Foreword by Carol T. Christ, DC ’\u003cbr\u003e66 . . . . . . . . . . . . vii\u003cbr\u003e Deans of the College, 1918–\u003cbr\u003e2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix\u003cbr\u003e A ssociate Alumnae of Douglass College:\u003cbr\u003e Presidents and Executive Directors . . . . . . . . . . xi\u003cbr\u003e 1 Inventing Douglass: The Challenge\u003cbr\u003e of Women’\u003cbr\u003es Higher Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1\u003cbr\u003e 2 New Jersey College for Women:\u003cbr\u003e Establishing a Tradition, 1918–\u003cbr\u003e1933 . . . . . . . . . . . . .23\u003cbr\u003e 3 Challenges of the 1930s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51\u003cbr\u003e 4 World War II and Its Aftermath:\u003cbr\u003e New Jersey College For Women,\u003cbr\u003e 1940–\u003cbr\u003e1950 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73\u003cbr\u003e 5 From New Jersey College for\u003cbr\u003e Women to Douglass College . . . . . . . . . . . 93\u003cbr\u003e 6 Preserving Douglass’\u003cbr\u003es\u003cbr\u003e Special Mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117\u003cbr\u003e 7 Douglass in Two Turbulent\u003cbr\u003e Decades: Student Activism\u003cbr\u003e and Institutional Transformation . . . . . . . . . . . . .143\u003cbr\u003e 8 Creating Knowledge about,\u003cbr\u003e by, and for Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171\u003cbr\u003e 9 R einventing Douglass:\u003cbr\u003e From University Reorganization\u003cbr\u003e to the Transformation of\u003cbr\u003e Undergraduate Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199\u003cbr\u003e 10 Diversifying Douglass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225\u003cbr\u003e 11 Douglass Residential College:\u003cbr\u003e Revitalizing Women’\u003cbr\u003es Education\u003cbr\u003e in the Twenty-First Century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243\u003cbr\u003e 12 The Douglass Difference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271\u003cbr\u003e Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317\u003cbr\u003e Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327 \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52563703726360,"sku":"9780813585413","price":38.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-douglass-century-transformation-of-the-womens-college-at-rutgers-university-hardback-9780813585413","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}