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"Jill Ker Conway earns PH.D from Harvard in History in the '50's and is unable to get a job because of her sex, She marries a Professor 18 years older and they move to the University of Toronto where he heads a new college. Jill is offered a position as Vice Chancellor of the University; she stays there long enough to institute changes for women there. Then she accepts a position as president of Smith College to implement changes in women's education."
Betty-Jeanne Korson, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Political/social rights fight
Yes
Plotlet:
- women fighting for rights
job/profession:
- teacher/professor
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Period of greatest activity?
- 1950+
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- scholar
Age:
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- Australian
How sensitive is this person?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other people
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 10 (a tremendous amount)
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- ranch
Century:
- 1960's-1970's
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Is book humorous?
Yes
If humorous, kind of humor
- metaphorical
Sex in book?
Yes
Writer's slant towards subject:
- very unfavorable
Is this a biography of several people?
Yes
Autobiography?
Yes
How much dialogue in bio?
- little dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 51%-75% of book
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