The College Woman's Handbook: Educating Ourselves

By Rachel Dobkin and Shana Sippy

Comprehensive, passionate, detailed, up-to-date: like an Our Bodies, Our Selves for undergraduate and graduate women, The College Woman's Handbook gathers together a world of information and and resources and organizes it in one accessible, 656-page reference. From managing everyday expenses, to health, sexuality and birth control, to career issues, it addresses the hundreds of specific needs, questions and concerns that college women have. Written by two recent Barnard graduates, Rachel Dobkin and Shana Sippy, here are thirty-one chapters to help college women educate themselves in and out of the classroom. There are chapters on Academics--how to choose a major and find a mentor, manage study time, and counter sexism in the classroom where male students are called on as much as 12 times more often then female students. On Money. On Living Spaces. On Travel and Study Abroad. On Wellness-common campus illnesses, body image and eating disorders. Plus religion, personal safety, activism and volunteerism, and more. Sidebars provide instant information to dozens of topics--government loans, dietary supplements, issues of campus confidentiality. And throughout, quotes from college women around the country enrich and enliven each subject. 54,000 copies in print.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563055597
• ISBN13: 9781563055591
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Workman Pub Co
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.3" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

The College Woman's Handbook

Six years after I first received this book as a High School graduation present, I am still constantly pulling it off the shelf for answers to many of my health, career, and life questions. This is an excellent gift for any woman who is entering adulthood for the first time. It is very engaging, practical and informative. We are giving it to our high school senior intern as a parting gift.

Excellent and Informative

The title to this book is quite misleading - it contains good advice and information not only for women attending college, but for any woman from the age of 15 up! I bought my copy nearly a year ago and have consulted it numerous times, and I will not be attending college until the fall. If you buy one guide to college, this should be it. Packed with info about school (majors, grad school, finding money), as well as personal life (relationships, health, safe sex), it is an indispensible reference book for any young woman.

Wonderful!

This book has been really amazingly helpful to me. I'm a junior in college and I've had this book since my first day of school. It's not only informative about almost every subject, but it's fun to read. I also like how it's written by people who are our age and who don't condesend.

The definitive guide for college women

I ordered this book after seeing it recommended in the Princeton Review Time Magazine issue. I found it expansive and highly informative, addressing issues avoided by most college guides. If you can only buy one book in preparation for college, this is it!

a resource for college years and beyond!

I love this book and continue to refer to it though I am well beyond college age. It contains valuable information relevant to all aspects of being female, and presents the material with intelligence, respect and a delightful sense of humor.