eBook details
- Title: Westover
- Author : Laurie Lisle
- Release Date : January 01, 2010
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,Nonfiction,Social Science,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 17674 KB
Description
Westover, a girlsâ school in Middlebury, Connecticut, was founded in 1909 by emancipated âNew Women,â 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 Fitzgeraldâs first love, to a meritocracy for pupils of many religions and races from all over the world. The fascinating account of the ups and downs of this female community is the subject of Laurie Lisleâs lively and well-researched book. The author describes the innovations of the idealistic ministerâs daughter who founded the school in 1909, her intellectual successor who turned it into a college preparatory school in the 1930s, the quiet headmaster who managed to keep it open during the turbulent 1970s, and the prize-winning mathematics teacher, wife, and mother who leads the high school today. This beautifully illustrated book tells an important story about female education during decades of dramatic change in America.
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