Women at Indiana University

Description

The first in-depth look at how women have shaped the history and legacy of Indiana University.

Women first enrolled at Indiana University in 1867. In the following years they would leave an indelible mark on this Hoosier institution. However, until now their stories have been underappreciated, both on the IU campus and by historians, who have paid them little attention.

Women at Indiana University draws together 15 snapshots of IU women's experiences and contributions to explore essential questions about their lives and impact. What did it mean to write the petition for women's admission or to become the first woman student at an all-male university? To be a woman of color on a predominantly white campus? To balance work, studies, and commuting, entering college as a non-traditional student? How did women contribute to their academic fields and departments? How did they tap opportunities, confront barriers, and forge networks of support to achieve their goals?

Women at Indiana University not only opens the door to a more inclusive and accurate understanding of IU's past and future, but also offers greater visibility for Hoosier women in our larger understanding of women in American higher education.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One: Students
1. From Whether and How to Co-Educate Women to Educating All Students Equitably at Indiana University, by Andrea Walton
2. Makings of Morrison: The Legend and Legacy of Indiana University's First Female Student, by Tanner N. Terrell
3. Pioneering Students of Color: Carrie Parker and Frances Marshall, by Dina Kellams
4. Early Scientific Women of Indiana University and Their Impact, by Sarah J. Reynolds
5. Resilient Beauty: Nancy Streets, 1959 Miss Indiana University, by Angel Cassandra Nathan
6. "Little Steps of Courage Forward": How Asian American Women Leaders Fought for Culturally Supportive Spaces at Indiana University Bloomington, by Stephanie T.X. Nguyen
7. The History of the First Latina Sorority at IU Established During an Era of Student Activism, by Ebelia Hernández and Merylou Rodriguez
8. Learning Human Anatomy: Women and the Changing Student Body at the Indiana University School of Medicine, 1907-2007, by Angela Bowen Potter
9. Moving On Together: Women Students during the Early Years of IUPUI, by Nancy Van Note Chism, Mary Giorgio, and Kathleen Surina Grove
Part Two: Faculty, Administrative Staff, and Supporters
10. "The Sharp Sword of the New Alliance": Edna Henry and The IU School of Social Work, by Katherine Badertscher
11. Kate Hevner Mueller: Women's Influence and Marginalization at Indiana University, by Kelly C. Sartorius
12. Martha E. Dawson: Forty Years of Leadership in Multicultural Education and Teaching for Understanding and Excellence, by Andrea Walton
13. Elinor Ostrom: On Interdisciplinary Living, 1933-2012, by Sara Clark
14. "We Changed Minds": A History of the Women's Studies Program at IUPUI, by Catherine A. Dobris, Rachel Jean Turner, and Lorée B. Wilcox
15. Building the "Opera Factory": Elsie Irwin Sweeney's Philanthropic Leadership in Funding the Indiana University Music Arts Center, by Jacob Hardesty
16. Making the Invisible Visible: Women and Philanthropy at Indiana University, by Laurie Burns McRobbie

Sujets

• Women's Studies
• Midwest
• Social Science
• HISTORY
• Sociologie, société et politique
• Medio Oeste de Estados Unidos
• Mensajería instantánea
• Midwestern United States
• Hoosier
• History of the Americas
• United States
• KS
• Middle West
• IL
• ND
• IN
• NE
• OH
• MN
• SD
• MO
• MI
• Indiana

Informations

• Publié par: Indiana University Press
• Date de parution: 05 juillet 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780253062482
• Langue: English

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WOMEN AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY

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Cover Illustrations: Top , Graduates cheer during the Indiana University Bloomington Graduate Commencement at Assembly Hall on Friday, May 3, 2019, by James Brosher, copyright Trustees of Indiana University. Bottom row , Sarah Parke Morrison, Grace Jackson Brown, and the women of Alpha Hall; used with kind permission of Indiana University Archives.
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1 Students
1 From Whether and How to Coeducate Women to Educating All Students Equitably at Indiana University / Andrea Walton
2 Makings of Morrison: The Legend and Legacy of Indiana University s First Female Student / Tanner N. Terrell
3 Pioneering Students of Color: Carrie Parker and Frances Marshall / Dina M. Kellams
4 Early Scientific Women of Indiana University and Their Impact / Sarah J. Reynolds
5 Resilient Beauty: The Story of Nancy Streets, 1959 Miss Indiana University / Angel Cassandra Nathan
6 Little Steps of Courage Forward : How Asian American Women Leaders Fought for Culturally Supportive Spaces at Indiana University Bloomington / Stephanie Thanh Xuan Nguyen
7 The History of the First Latina Sorority at IU Established during an Era of Student Activism / Ebelia Hern ndez and Merylou Rodriguez
8 Learning Human Anatomy: Women and the Changing Student Body at the Indiana University School of Medicine, 1907-2007 / Angela Bowen Potter
9 Moving On Together: Women Students during the Early Years of IUPUI / Nancy Van Note Chism, Mary Giorgio, and Kathleen Surina Grove
Part 2 Faculty, Administrative Staff, and Supporters
10 The Sharp Sword of the New Alliance : Edna Henry and the IU School of Social Work / Katherine Badertscher
11 Kate Hevner Mueller: Women s Influence and Marginalization at Indiana University / Kelly C. Sartorius
12 Martha E. Dawson: Forty Years of Leadership in Multicultural Education and Teaching for Understanding and Excellence / Andrea Walton
13 Elinor Ostrom: On Interdisciplinary Living, 1933-2012 / Sara Clark
14 We Changed Minds : A History of the Women s Studies Program at IUPUI / Catherine A. Dobris, Rachel Jean Turner, and Lor e B. Wilcox
15 Building the Opera Factory : Elsie Irwin Sweeney s Philanthropic Leadership in Funding the Indiana University Music Arts Center / Jacob Hardesty
16 Making the Invisible Visible: Women and Philanthropy at Indiana University / Laurie Burns McRobbie
Contributors
Index
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
First and foremost I d like to thank the IU women whose stories are explored here and to whom this book is dedicated. Their stories have provided us with inspiration, compelled us to reflect, and energized us throughout the project. Contributors also owe a debt of gratitude to generations of historians whose work on women in education has shaped our own.
I had mused about editing a book on women at IU for quite some time. My service as Bloomington campus historian for the IU Bicentennial nudged me to rearrange some other projects, solicit contributors, and propose the book to IU Press. I am very glad I did. Working on the project, I learned more about my home institution but also gained new perspectives on the intersecting threads of women s fight for educational opportunity and broader developments in higher education. In particular, I gained a deeper appreciation of the history of coeducation at state universities and the importance of regional culture and state history in shaping campus climate. I expect my work on this edited book is just the beginning of a new thread in my research.
I could not have produced this volume without the colleagues whose essays appear in these pages. A heartfelt thank you to them for saying yes to my invitation-for their willingness to share their research and to make room in their busy teaching and research schedules to take this journey with me. I especially appreciated their patience and understanding as we navigated completing the book during the uncertain and extraordinarily challenging days of the pandemic.
Thank you to Kelly Kish, Director, Office of the Bicentennial, and James Capshew, University Historian, for involving me in various activities related to IU s observance of its two-hundredth anniversary. They were enthusiastic about the project when I first described it, have been encouraging throughout, and have been firm believers in the value of history-wherever research leads. Similarly, Gary Dunham, Director of IU Press, lent his full support and has patiently shepherded this project, even as operations went remote. Peggy Solic, my first contact at IU Press, offered her suggestions and assisted in the project s earliest stages. I appreciate the support and insight everyone has offered to me in my work as editor and all that IU Press staff members have done to bring this book to publication. Stephen Williams and his marketing team created a book cover that captures the spirit of the stories told in these pages. Nancy Lightfoot and Carol McGillivray, project managers, worked closely with me throughout the various stages of producing the book and were a constant support. I appreciated the energy and creativity they brought to working on the project. This book has been part of my life for quite some time, from the early idea as part of the IU Bicentennial observance, through a pandemic, and, now, finally, to publication. It was a great relief to me that at the end of this long process Paula Durbin-Westby would use her skill to prepare an index to guide readers as they explore the 150 years of IU women s history discussed in this volume.
I owe a debt to the students who provided timely research assistance and helped with various other tasks related to producing the edited volume. Ree Palmer shared her knowledge of student affairs, especially the history of deans of women, and helped to compile a useful bibliography on IU history. She, with assistance from Sarah Jacobi, did a wonderful job advertising a number of brown bag discussions related to research that provided the backbone of various chapters. Pooja Saxena facilitated the logistics of organizing draft materials, finding suitable images, and securing permissions. Stephanie Nguyen wrote detailed research memos on her trips to the IU Archives, tracked down esoteric references and checked footnotes, and helped ready the manuscript for submission to IU Press.
IU has a superb library and archives system and a dedicated, knowledgeable staff who lent their expertise and support throughout the project. Dina Kellams, Director of University Archives, shared her knowledge of the collections and helped several contributors find needed resources; Kristin Browning Leaman, Bicentennial Archivist, and Barbara Truesdell, Assistant Director, Center for Documentary Research and Practice, brought a number of relevant oral histories to our attention and helped us access materials.
A number of staff in various IU Library units answered queries along the way, helped with permissions, and provided photos-Stephen Towne, Bradley D. Cook, Erika Dowell, Matt Sieber, Rhonda L. Seward, Shawn C. Wilson, and Scott Shoger.
Claire Repsholdt did an early sweep of IUB bulletins and faculty rosters to compile an initial list of interesting historical female figures who merited further study; even after her graduation from IU she remained an enthusiastic reader of draft material.
Colleagues in the broader field of higher education also read and commented on material related to their expertise. I appreciated input from Michael Hevel, University of Arkansas; Robert Schwartz, Florida State University; and Berenice S nchez, Idaho State University.
Finally, many thanks to my family members for sharing my enthusiasm and commitment to the project. Their generous, unwavering support made all the difference to me. They sat and talked through new ideas, provided feedback on draft material, and gave me time and space to write. I am forever grateful.
WOMEN AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY
INTRODUCTION

The almost universal absence of women from college faculties is a grave defect in co-educational institutions; and negatively, at least, their absence has as injurious an influence upon young men as upon women. . . . Women in the faculty, women on the board of visitors, women on the board of trustees, holding these positions, not because of their family connections, not because they are the wives or sisters of the men in the faculty and on the boards, but because of their individual abilities, are the great present need of co-educational colleges. Only the presence of women in these places can relieve young men who are students in these institutions from an arrogant sense of superiority arising from their sex, and the young women from a corresponding sense of subordination.
-May Wright Sewall, The Education of Woman in the Western States, 1891
NO FORMAL HISTORY OF THE MOVEMENT in the West on behalf of the higher education of women has been published, observed well-known reformer and suffragist May Wright Sewall (1844-1920) at the outset of her 1