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Contents

Contents List of Illustrations ix Foreword by Linda Eisenmann xi Preface xv Acknowledgments xvii 1 Parting the Curtains 1 2 A Little Leavening 15 3 Plain Living and High Thinking 33 4 A Turning Point . . . and a Third Sister 46 5 First Adventurers, 1879–1889 57 6 Emerging from Adolescence 74 7 Honored Guests 99 8 The New Woman 112 9 New Principals, New Premises 130 10 On the Threshold 146 11 A Time of Sacrifice 161 12 Out of the Wilderness 176 13 A Changing Order 199 14 Weathering Storms 216 15 Looking Outward 229 16 War Again 244 viii 17 An Austere Feast 260 18 Full Status 274 Epilogue 285 appendixes 1 Principals of the Oxford Women’s Colleges, 1879–1960 291 2 Some Notable Women Students, 1910–1920 293 3 Some Notable Women Students, 1921–1940 301 4 Some Notable Women Students, 1941–1960 311 5 Principals and Staff, 1945–1955 321 6 Building Programs of the 1950s and 1960s 331 Notes 337 Bibliography 359 Index 367 Credits 380 ...