Ward-Belmont, College Catalogues, and Women's Place in Early Twentieth Century American Society

Publication Date

4-16-2025

Presentation Length

15 minutes

College

College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Department

English, Department of

Student Level

Graduate

SPARK Category

Scholarship

Metadata/Fulltext

Metadata ONLY

Presentation Type

Talk/Oral

Summary

For my research project, I hope to explore the following questions: How do the public-facing Ward-Belmont texts advertise the school to parents from 1915 and 1945? How did these texts define the Ward-Belmont girls of these eras and what does this say about society’s shifting view of women? In my fifteen-page seminar paper, I will make the argument that the public-facing Ward-Belmont texts defined the Ward-Belmont girls of 1915 and 1945 according to the avenues available to women at the time and the futures parents wanted for their daughters. This research project engages in feminist historiographic reanalysis to illuminate the evolving place of women in early twentieth century American society. My method will involve heavy use of the Belmont archives, both in-person and online, taking thorough notes for later review. My methodology will be inspired by the works of: Glenn and Enoch, Brooker et al., Derrida, Steedman, L’Eplattenier, Taylor, and Hartman. My positionality is that of a feminist in academia who is highly interested in this topic. Through my research project, I hope to increase the field’s perception of the ways that historical women’s societal position and parents’ image of women’s higher education influenced each other between 1915 and 1945.

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