"Solomon's story, so thoughtfully carried down to the present, is one we have needed for a long time and
certainly need now when the women's movement is no longer simply contemporary but a force of historical significance.
The book is engagingly written and deeply informed."
--Carl N. Degler, Margaret Byrne Professor of American History, Stanford University
"This excellent, meticulously researched study is the first comprehensive history of women's higher education
in this country. It will immediately become the standard work in the field, and will be invaluable to social historians
generally as well as to those especially interested in women or in education."
--Anne Firor Scott, W.K. Boyd Professor & Chairman, Department of History, Duke University
"Tables, illustrations, and excerpts from letters, journals, and novels combine with the author's readable,
thoughtful, and often amusing text to demonstrate the relationship between education and the possibility for change.
. . . (A) major contribution to women's studies and American history."
--Booklist
"A solid, broadranging study of female students' changing attitudes and experiences. . . . (An) excellent
reflection of the renewed interest in women's higher education."
--Kirkus Reviews
"[An] excellent, comprehensive study of women's education. . . . Demonstrating a firm grasp of the arguments,
Solomon emerges as an integrationist, believing that neither women's studying nor the study of women should be
done in isolation. This is the most thorough study of women's higher education since Mabel Newcomer's A Century
Of Higher Education For American Women. Essential for public and academic libraries."
--Library Journal
"The broadest survey of American women's higher education written in this generation, Solomon's study is tremendously
strong. It should become the starting point for scholarly and general readers asking questions about advanced schooling
for women throughout history."
--Choice
"Solomon has done a massive amount of research. . . . Her organization contributes to a balanced representation
of the experiences of diverse groups. . . . This is a valuable book for educators and students alike."
--Marie Olesen Urbanski, Los Angeles Times Book Review
"A lively account of the struggle for women's education, based on students' letters and diaries and women's
achievements over the last 200 years."
--Phyllis Coons, Boston Globe
"An effective synthesis of material on the history of women's higher education in this country. . . . This
study raises many of the important issues regarding women's education and provided a valuable foundation on which
to explore those, and other issues, further."
--June Sochen, Journal of American History
"Essential reading for feminists and educators, appealing to general readers as well, this study joins familiar
material with new insights gleaned from fiction, journals and the records of deans and dons."
--Publishers Weekly
Yale University Press Web Site, December, 2001
Summary
A leading authority in the field here provides the first synthetic and comprehensive history of women in American
higher education in over fifty years.