To Know Her Own History : Writing at the Woman's College, 1943-1963.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The History of Composition Is the History of Its People -- Chapter 1. Her History Matters: The United States Normal School and the Roots of Women's Public Education -- Chapter 2. In Her Own Words: The Yearling and First-Year Writing, 1948-51 -- Chapter 3. Revisionist History: General Education Reform from Harvard University to the Woman's College, 1943-56 -- Chapter 4. The Double-Helix of Creative/Composition: Randall Jarrell, May Bush, and the Politics of Writing Programs, 1947-63 -- Chapter 5. What's in a Name?: Women's Writing Histories and Archival Research in Composition Studies -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.

Kelly Ritter chronicles the evolution of writing programs at a landmark Southern women's college during the postwar period. She finds that despite its conservative Southern culture and vocational roots, the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina was a unique setting where advanced writing programs and creativity flourished long before these trends emerged nationally.

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