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In this biography, Barbara McManus recovers the intriguing life story of Grace Harriet Macurdy (1866-1946), Professor of Greek at Vassar College and the first woman classicist to focus her scholarship on the lives of ancient Greco-Roman women. Fondly known as "the Drunken Duchess," although she never drank alcohol, Macurdy came from a poor family with no social, economic, or educational advantages. Moreover, she struggled with disability for decades after becoming almost totally deaf in her early fifties. Yet she became an internationally known Greek scholar with a long list of publications and close friends as renowned as Gilbert Murray and John Masefield. Through Macurdy's eyes and experiences, McManus examines significant issues and developments from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, such as the opening of higher education to women, the erosion of gender and class barriers in the professions, the delicate balancing act between personal and professional life required of women, the marginalized role of women's colleges in academic politics, and changes in the discipline and profession of Classics in response to the emerging role of women and new social conditions. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)880.09Literature Greek and other Classical languages Greek literature Classic literature study and criticismClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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For this is the story of a hard life; inspiring, as Macurdy wins through to respect and recognition. Doubly inspiring, due to the story-teller, who finished the book on her deathbed after a life in which she herself won through to victory. Polio could not keep her from a Harvard degree; from distinguished service to Classics local, regional, national; or, in her work as well as in service, from the pursuit of truth and justice for women.
Indeed, this book is also a riveting detective story of academic intrigue and injustice; the spectacular chapter 9 should send a shock wave through the ASCSA. McManus was always a gifted collector of data; here she has interviewed family members and found unarchived memorabilia, but also dug deep into the archives, so that the footnotes showcase a remarkable nose for the still-smoking gun.