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Genre/Form: | Electronic books Biography |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Barreca, Gina. Babes in Boyland : A Personal History of Co-Education in the Ivy League. Lebanon : University Press of New England, ©2011 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Regina Barreca |
ISBN: | 9781611682021 1611682029 |
OCLC Number: | 1058992890 |
Description: | 1 online resource (167 pages) |
Abstract:
Offering a frank and observant look at gender, education, and identity at a critical juncture in the author's-and America's-development, Babes in Boyland brings to life a pivotal moment in the history of co-education. It was a time in which hostility to women was still rife (fraternity house banners at Dartmouth read "Better Dead than Co-Ed"), but one that promised equal education to promising young women. Gina Barreca entered Dartmouth College as a freshman in 1975, a few short years after the college became co-educational. As a working-class girl of Italian-French Canadian descent ra.
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