Women at the University of Florida

Résumé du livre

"The University of Florida, which celebrated its sesquicentennial in 2003, officially became co-educational in 1947. However, did you know that there were women at UF and its predecessor schools before that? That, in fact, UF had female students when it was at Lake City? That, even after the school became male-only during regular academic year, it had more female students than male students in summer school? That the university became co-educational again in 1947 and today has more female undergraduates students than male undergraduate students? This is the story of women at UF: how they were not accepted during the regular academic year unless the courses they wanted were not offered elsewhere in Florida; how they were finally admitted after World War II; how they had to overcome many obstacles (the nepotism rule, blatant discrimination, lower salaries than their counterpart males); but how today they occupy important faculty and administrative positions on campus and excel as students at all levels."--Page 4 of cover.