Our Rightful Place: A History of Women at the University of Kentucky, 1880-1945

by Deirdre A Scaggs, Terry L Birdwhistell, Terry L. Birdwhistell, et al.

Book Overview

In 1880, forty-three women walked into the president's office at the University of Kentucky (UK) and signed the student register, becoming the first female students at a public college in the commonwealth. But gaining admittance was only the beginning. For the next sixty-five years-encompassing two world wars, an economic depression, and the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment-generations of women at UK claimed and reclaimed their right to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813179378
• ISBN13: 9780813179377
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 262 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"