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Bound by a mighty vow : sisterhood and women's fraternities, 1870-1920
Title:
Bound by a mighty vow : sisterhood and women's fraternities, 1870-1920
Author:
Turk, Diana B.
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Publication Information:
New York : New York University Press, [2004]

©2004
Physical Description:
x, 245 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language:
English
Contents:
Introduction : fraternities' past and historians' present -- Of serious mind and purpose : the first generation of fraternity women -- The most socially eligible : "at home" with the second generation of fraternity women -- A national society to rank with the first in America : expansion and exclusion in the women's Greek system -- In search of unity : fostering "high ideals" in the face of antifraternity sentiment, 1910-1920 -- Once a sister, always a sister : fraternity membership in the postcollege years -- Bound by a mighty vow : the costs and benefits of fraternity membership, 1870-1920.
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ISBN:
9780814782750

9780814782828
Format :
Book