Transforming Women's Education: The History of Women's Studies in the University of Wisconsin System - Tapa blanda

"The University of Wisconsin System has been recognized nationally for its leadership in the field of women's studies, and this is the first work to document this important social and academic movement. This account should interest academics and others interested in women's issues, nationally as well as in Wisconsin."--Katherine C. Lyall, President of the University of Wisconsin System The University of Wisconsin System has been recognized nationally for its leadership in the field of women s studies, and this is the first work to document this important social and academic movement. This account should interest academics and others interested in women s issues, nationally as well as in Wisconsin. Katherine C. Lyall, President of the University of Wisconsin System"

Tracing the history of women's studies at the University of Wisconsin, this book draws on oral histories and archival studies to follow this history from the earliest arguments over women's admission to the university, right up to the development of the field of women's studies in the 1970s.