Five women successively nurtured students on the Purdue University campus in America’s heartland during the 1930s to 1990s. Each became a legendary dean of women or dean of students. Collectively, they wove a sisterhood of mutual support in their common-sometimes thwarted-pursuit of shared human rights and equality for all. Dorothy C. Stratton, Helen B. Schleman, M. Beverley Stone, Barbara I. Cook, and Betty M. Nelson opened new avenues for women and became conduits for change, fostering opportunities for all people. They were loved by students and revered by colleagues. The women also were respected throughout the United States as founding leaders of the Coast Guard Women’s Reserve (SPARs), frontrunners in the National Association of Women Deans and Counselors, and pivotal members of presidential committees in the Kennedy and Nixon administrations.
The Deans’ Bible sheds light on cultural change in America, exploring how each of the deans participated nationally in the quest for equality. As each woman succeeded the other, they knitted their bond with a secret symbol-a Bible. The Bible was handed down from dean to dean with favorite passages marked. The word ‘bible’ is often used in connection with reference works or ‘guidebooks.’ The Deans’ Bible is just that, brimming with stories of courageous women who led by example and lived their convictions.
Tabella dei contenuti
Foreword
Preface
Author’s Note
The Deans’ List
1. Celestial Chicken Salad
2. Carolyn Shoemaker, a Faraway Look
3. Artists of Life
4. Far Horizons
5. Dorothy Stratton Finds a Bible
6. Helen Schleman, Born in the Right Moment
7. If Walls Could Talk
8. Amelia Earhart, Cabbages and Kings
9. Lillian Gilbreth, the One Best Way
10. Ladies’ Agreement
11. Beverley Stone, a Lovely Light
12. Your Best Foot Forward
13. Be Interesting
14. Don’t Be a Spare . . . Be a SPAR!
15. Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
16. In Sheep’s Clothing
17. Barbara Ivy Wood Cook, ’Tis a Gift to Be Free
18. Bible Bequeathed
19. Gospel of the Go-to-Hell Fund
20. B-Squared
21. Dean of Women Punch
22. At the Service of the President
23. Mixed Messages
24. Winter’s Death Rattle
25. Betty Mitchell Nelson, Message in the Hollow Oak
26. ’Twas Ever Thus
27. The Quiet Crisis
28. Uncharted Waters
29. Peace, Love, and a Bible Passage
30. Off Guard
31. Sit In, Stand Out
32. In Walks the Pantsuit
33. Hip Women
34. Entitled to Title IX
35. The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Can Rock the Boat
36. Easier to Move a Cemetery
37. And She Did It!
38. Deanie Weenies
39. Bible Holding Pattern
40. Chicken Salad Reprise
41. The Main Thing
42. To Understand More Than One Knows
43. Hearing What Is Not Said
44. Helen’s Hankie Club
45. Betty’s Blast Off and Bible Hand Off
46. Hugging the Purdue Campus
47. By Your Leave, Sirs
48. The Place Just Right
49. Epilogue
Index
Circa l’autore
Angie Klink writes biographies, histories, documentaries, children’s books, essays, and advertising copy. Klink was the scriptwriter for the 2013 documentary about public education,
Rise Above the Mark, narrated by actor Peter Coyote. She is the author of
Kirby’s Way: How Kirby and Caroline Risk Built their Company on Kitchen-Table Values (Purdue University Press, 2012), a spirited profile of one of the Midwest’s leading businessmen, his wife, and their company, the Kirby Risk Corporation. In her book
Divided Paths, Common Ground: The Story of Mary Matthews and Lella Gaddis, Pioneering Purdue Women Who Introduced Science into the Home (Purdue University Press, 2011), Klink brings to life two remarkable female educators who improved the lives of American women. She also has authored the popular lift-the-flap children’s books
Purdue Pete Finds His Hammer and
I Found U. Klink is published in four titles for the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. She has won forty-four American Advertising Federation ADDY Awards and an honorable mention in the 2007 Erma Bombeck Writing Competition. She holds a BA from the Brian Lamb School of Communication at Purdue University.
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