Women at Michigan: The “Dangerous Experiment,” 1870s to the Present

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Women at Michigan traces the fascinating history of women at on the University of Michigan, from the first reluctant admission of women students in the 1870s (which one male administrator known as “the dangerous experiment”) to the tumultuous post-World War II period and from the radical changes of the 1960s and 1970s to the present. The hurdles that women who pursued higher education at Michigan and in different places faced may surprise people who observe the relative freedom of women on college campuses these days.

Women at Michigan used to be written by well respected historian Ruth Bordin, whose own career used to be impeded by the gender inequality of the era and who unfortunately died before seeing this book in print. Her study is grounded in historical detail. Whilst drawing upon the larger historiography of women’s higher education to round out its story, the book shows Michigan to be one case among many. Women at Michigan is richly illustrated with archival photographs depicting women’s experience on the University of Michigan–as students, faculty, administrators, and group of workers–over the years.

Historian Ruth Bordin used to be writer of A Pictorial History of The University of Michigan; Frances Willard: A Biography; and Alice Freeman Palmer: The Evolution of a New Woman. Martha Vicinus is Professor of English and History, University of Michigan. Kathryn Kish Sklar is Distinguished Professor of History, Binghamton University. Lynn Weiner is a historian and Associate Dean, Roosevelt University.


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