Creating a framework for interpreting US women's educational history: lessons from historical lexicography

Highly Educated Stay-at-Home Mothers: A Study of Commitment and Conflict

“…During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, educational institutions that had been exclusive to males opened to women, as did new institutions available only to women (Eisenmann, 2001). Their new presence allowed women to influence educational institutions, promoting social change and challenging dominant social norms and restrictions.…”

Preserving and Strengthening Together: Collective Strategies of U.S. Women's College Presidents

“…Linda Eisenmann has noted the importance of following the money trail in interpreting women's educational history, and more recently, Andrea Walton has encouraged those studying the intersection of philanthropy and education not to dismiss ''the significance of small but timely gifts.'' 58 The two-year Ford Foundation grant to the WCC was significant in that it supported the establishment of a database on women's colleges, a resource that would allow the Coalition ''to speak with a stronger and better documented voice for all women's colleges.'' 59 The database research came to fruition in several published reports: (1982).…”

Women Professors and Deans

“…Eisenmann's Historical Dictionary (1998) identified a number of diverse women whose experience could contribute to research into minorities. She identified themes that form the structure of the following chapter, drawing together some international perspectives on the development of women as academics and deans (Eisenmann 2001). Themes of institutions, networking, money, and religion provide four hubs from which to reflect on existing work and recognize potential new directions for improving either our understanding of the past or the problems of the present.…”