A Woman's Education

A Woman's Education

The acclaimed author of the best-selling The Road from Coorain and True North now gives us the third book in her remarkable continuing memoirâ€”describing the pleasures, the challenges, and the constant surprises (good and bad) of her years as the first woman president of Smith College.

The story opens in 1973 as Conway, unbeknownst to her, is first â€œlooked overâ€ as a prospective candidate by members of the Smith community, and continues as she assesses her passions and possibilities and agrees to the new challenge of heading the college in 1975. The jolt of energy she gets from being surrounded by several thousand young women enables her to take on the difficulties that arise in dealing with the diverse Smith constituenciesâ€”from the self-appointed protectors of the great male tradition of humanistic learning to the equally determined young feminists insisting on change. We see Conway juggling the needs and concerns of faculty, students, parents, trustees, and alumnae, and re-defining and redesigning aspects of the college to create programs in line with the new realities of womenâ€™s lives. We sense the urgency of her efforts to shape an institution that will attract students of the 1990s and beyond.

Through it all we see Jill Ker Conway coping with her husbandâ€™s illness, and learning to protect and sustain her inner self. As the end of a decade at Smith approaches, we see her realizing that she has both had her education and made her contributions, and that it is time now for her to graduate.
Country USA
Manufacturer Knopf
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2001-10-23
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780679421009

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Knopf
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2001-10-23
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780679421009

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