In glory's shadow : Shannon Faulkner, the Citadel, and a changing America /
Shannon Faulkner, denied her civil rights when The Citadel refused her entry solely because of gender, fought back and opened the door for women. Her battle serves as a prism for Manegold to examine how a traditional American institution came to be out of step with the nation at large. 25,000
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2000
New York : 2000 |
| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| Summary: | Shannon Faulkner, denied her civil rights when The Citadel refused her entry solely because of gender, fought back and opened the door for women. Her battle serves as a prism for Manegold to examine how a traditional American institution came to be out of step with the nation at large. 25,000 "The Byzantine world of The Citadel is fully revealed in this account of Shannon Faulkner's attempt to become its first female cadet. In Glory's Shadow explores the history of a southern institution determined to preserve traditional lines of power and social influence while all around it America was changing." "Manegold illuminates the course - historical, judicial and psychological - of Shannon's fight and uncovers an American drama, a clash between those who would preserve the rigid structures of the past and those trying to chart a new course in a nation remaking itself."--Jacket |
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| Item Description: | Includes index |
| Physical Description: | ix, 330 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm x, 330 p. : ill. ; 24 cm x, 330 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm x, 330 p. [16] p. of plates : ill., ports., maps 25 cm x, 330 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 0679446354 (alk. paper) 0679446354 9780679446354 (alk. paper) |