Reinventing Marriage: The Love and Work of Alice Freeman Palmer and George Herbert Palmer (Women in American History)
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (671 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0252030001 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 296 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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A full generation before most educated women began to dream of combining marriage and professional work, George and Alice were working together to forge a new type of union that would make satisfying careers possible for both partners. Before going on to become the first Dean of Women at the University of Chicago, she married Harvard professor of philosophy George Herbert Palmer in 1887. As their relationship matures, their life-shaping decisions refiect and reveal their thoughts and feelings about work, love, sex, equality, and the purposes of education.. At age twenty-six Alice Freeman became the world's first female college president (at Wellesley College). Drawing on more than a thousand letters written before and after their wedding, Lori Kenschaft traces the changing relationship between Alice and George, offering a multifaceted study of their decision to marry, the dynamics of their relationship, and their understanding of marriage
in American Studies from Boston University and was a lecturer at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education. Lori Kenschaft holds a Ph.D. She is the author of "Lydia Maria Child: The Quest for Racial Justice.
From the Inside Flap At age twenty-seven Alice Freeman became the world's first female college president (at Wellesley College). . Drawing on more than a thousand letters written before and after their wedding, Lori Kenschaft traces the changing relationship between Alice and George, offering a multifaceted study of their decision to marry, the dynamics of their relationship, and their understanding of marriage. Lori Kenschaft's beautifully written Reinventing Marriage illuminates not only the personal experiences of two remarkable individuals, but also the complexities and contradictions that lie at the roots of modern ideals of marriage. As their relationship matures, their life-shaping decisions reflect and reveal their thoughts and feelings about work, love, sex, equality, and the purposes of education. A full generation before most educated women began to dream of combining marri
Intelligent, literate, and thought-provoking Beautifully written and thought-provoking, _Reinventing Marriage_ tackles the large and complex issues of gender equality, the history of American attitudes towards love, romance, marriage, and work, the complicated interplay of idealism and reality, and the peculiar burdens of