Setting the Agenda: Jean Royce and the Shaping of Queen's University

by Roberta Hamilton

As Registrar of Queen's University, Jean Royce shaped the university's development, and personified the university for generations of students. Appointed in 1933 by men who sought to exclude women from positions of authority, Jean Royce navigated the precarious gendered environment of institutional life for thirty-five years. As gate-keeper and talent scout, she encouraged all who qualified, revealing herself out of sympathy with those who would preserve...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802036716
• ISBN13: 9780802036711
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher