Women’s colleges then and now: Access then, equity now

Peabody Journal of Education

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 5-30

  Langdon, Emily A ^a  

^a Rachel Carson Institute   (United States)

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EID: 84937342443     PISSN: 0161956X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327930PJE7601_02     Document Type: Article

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