Westover: Giving Girls a Place of Their Own

by Laurie Lisle

A century of girls' education in the history of an extraordinary school

Westover, a girls' school in Middlebury, Connecticut, was founded in 1909 by emancipated "New Women," educator Mary Hillard and architect Theodate Pope Riddle. Landscape designer Beatrix Farrand did the plantings. It has evolved from a finishing school for the Protestant elite, including F. Scott Fitzgerald's first love, to a meritocracy for pupils of many religions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819568864
• ISBN13: 9780819568861
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.4" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher