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In Their Footsteps: Women Faculty Of Wartburg College 1914–1945, Susan Kosche Vallem
In Their Footsteps: Women Faculty Of Wartburg College 1914–1945, Susan Kosche Vallem
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the hiring and inclusion of women faculty members in private higher education, using Wartburg College as a case study. This study identified and described the educational policies and procedures at Wartburg from 1914 to 1945 related to the hiring of women faculty at Wartburg College.
While the history of women in higher education is well-chronicled, much less is written on the impetus and motivation for hiring women faculty and their impact on the institutions themselves. This dissertation adds to that specific body of knowledge.
Three research questions were investigated in this study: …