A College of Her Own: The History of Barnard

by Robert McCaughey

In 1889, Annie Nathan Meyer, still in her early twenties, led the effort to start Barnard College after Columbia College refused to admit women. Named after a former Columbia president, Frederick Barnard, who had advocated for Columbia to become coeducational, Barnard, despite many ups and downs, became one of the leading women's colleges in the United States.

A College of Her Own offers a comprehensive and lively narrative of Barnard...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023117800X
• ISBN13: 9780231178006
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.2" x 9.0"