Breaking Out: VMI and the Coming of Women - Rilegato

Brodie, Laura Fairchild

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ISBN 10: 037540614X ISBN 13: 9780375406140

Casa editrice: Pantheon, 2000

Riassunto

A woman who served on the Virginia Military Institute's integration committee analyze's the school's struggle with instituting coeducation in the wake of a landmark 1996 Supreme Court order. 25,000 first printing.

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"In Laura Brodie's riveting account, the details of women's admittance to VMI -- the debates over hair length, the definition of sexual harassment, the installation of toilet doors, the number of pull-ups required for physical fitness -- become suspense-filled dramas. Her close-to-the-ground descriptions evoke the epic quality of institutional life, revealing the ennobling and the horrifying aspects of male military culture. To this amazing world Brodie is an excellent guide. Once you open it, her book is hard to put down."
-- Jane Tompkins, author of A Life in School

"A compelling and fair-minded account of the preparation for, and first year of,  coeducation at VMI. . . . The story is gripping. Will VMI be changed by coeducation, and if so how? Brodie makes us care. She has created a page-turner."
-- Gretchen Kreuter, author of Forgotten Promise

"Brodie tells her story with a light touch and an eye for telling detail. Future historians will be in her debt."
-- Jill Ker Conway, author of The Road from Coorain

"Ms. Brodie's book gives readers a ringside seat during the 'fight' to integrate women into the VMI Ratline. This is an important book that looks at difficult issues from all sides. In the end, the VMI approach to integrating women into the Corps will stand the test of time as a model."
-- Rear Admiral Ronald F. Marryott, USN (Ret.), U.S. Naval Academy Alumni Association

"A fascinating and highly readable story filled with striking insights into American gender roles and revolutions at the end of the twentieth century. Brodie's book does a wonderful job of demonstrating the pressures for both continuity and change."
-- Drew Gilpin Faust, author of Mothers of Invention

"An impressive study of women's integration into a totally masculine culture, which demonstrates the complexities of gender interactions and the ability of young men and women to rise above sexism and stereotyping to form a cohesive group. . . . Brodie is a fine writer, sensitive to nuances, and fair to every side in the debate."
-- Lois Banner, author of American Beauty

L'autore:

Laura Fairchild Brodie, who served on one of VMI's assimilation committees, received her B.A. from Harvard and her Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. She has taught at the University of Virginia, Hollins College, VMI, and Washington and Lee University. With her husband and three young daughters, she lives in Lexington, Virginia.

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• Editore: Pantheon
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 037540614X
• ISBN 13: 9780375406140
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 368