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\"The essential powers of the spirit are neither masculine nor feminine, but human, sexless. Thought knows no sex.\" — Jonathan Allen, President, Alfred University (1867–1892)
One of the nation's first coeducational colleges and an early leader in women's higher education, Alfred University offered a remarkably egalitarian environment for women in an era when their voices were silenced elsewhere. Founded in 1836 as a select school in rural western New York State, it embraced women's public speaking, women's rights, and even suffrage. Susan Rumsey Strong shares the history of nineteenth-century Alfred, explaining its uniquely liberal environment by focusing on the individuals who created it and the sociocultural factors that contributed to it. Shared labor, a dense kinship system, a separatist denomination, independence from that denomination, liberal theology, and a secular mission all supported an explicit ideology of equality. Grounded in student experiences of the period, this social history explores the origins of women's higher education and the rural roots of reform. Along the way, Strong allows individual voices from diaries, letters, and recollections to recount their own stories, revealing the excitement, hopes, and fears felt by some of the first women to aspire to higher education.
Editions of Thought Knows No Sex
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780791475133
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780791475140
- PDF
- ISBN 9780791478073
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\"The essential powers of the spirit are neither masculine nor feminine, but human, sexless. Thought knows no sex.\" — Jonathan Allen, President, Alfred University (1867–1892)
One of the nation's first coeducational colleges and an early leader in women's higher education, Alfred University offered a remarkably egalitarian environment for women in an era when their voices were silenced elsewhere. Founded in 1836 as a select school in rural western New York State, it embraced women's public speaking, women's rights, and even suffrage. Susan Rumsey Strong shares the history of nineteenth-century Alfred, explaining its uniquely liberal environment by focusing on the individuals who created it and the sociocultural factors that contributed to it. Shared labor, a dense kinship system, a separatist denomination, independence from that denomination, liberal theology, and a secular mission all supported an explicit ideology of equality. Grounded in student experiences of the period, this social history explores the origins of women's higher education and the rural roots of reform. Along the way, Strong allows individual voices from diaries, letters, and recollections to recount their own stories, revealing the excitement, hopes, and fears felt by some of the first women to aspire to higher education.
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What is Thought Knows No Sex about?
\"The essential powers of the spirit are neither masculine nor feminine, but human, sexless. Thought knows no sex.\" — Jonathan Allen, President, Alfred University (1867–1892)
One of the nation's first coeducational colleges and an early leader in women's higher education, Alfred University offered a remarkably egalitarian environment for women in an era when their voices were silenced elsewhere. Founded in 1836 as a select school in rural western New York State, it embraced women's public speaking, women's rights, and even suffrage. Susan Rumsey Strong shares the history of nineteenth-century Alfred, explaining its uniquely liberal environment by focusing on the individuals who created it and the sociocultural factors that contributed to it. Shared labor, a dense kinship system, a separatist denomination, independence from that denomination, liberal theology, and a secular mission all supported an explicit ideology of equality. Grounded in student experiences of the period, this social history explores the origins of women's higher education and the rural roots of reform. Along the way, Strong allows individual voices from diaries, letters, and recollections to recount their own stories, revealing the excitement, hopes, and fears felt by some of the first women to aspire to higher education.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Thought Knows No Sex?
Society and Social Sciences > Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy > Higher education, tertiary education
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How long is Thought Knows No Sex and how many pages does it have?
Thought Knows No Sex has 229 page(s)
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Thought Knows No Sex?
Susan Rumsey Strong
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Thought Knows No Sex is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780791475133) and paperback(ISBN 9780791475140) and pdf(ISBN 9780791478073)
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