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Reclaiming Class: Women, Poverty, and the Promise of Higher Education in Americareviewed by Marybeth Gasman - 2004 Title: Reclaiming Class: Women, Poverty, and the Promise of Higher Education in America Author(s): Vivyan Campbell Adair & Sandra L. Dahlberg (Editors) Publisher: Temple University Press, Philadelphia ISBN: 1592130224, Pages: 269, Year: 2003 Search for book at Amazon.com Like the editors and authors of Reclaiming Class: Women,
Poverty, and the Promise of Higher Education in America, I too
grew up in a family troubled by financial problems. My
parents struggled to raise ten children in a small, rural town in
the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Despite my mother’s
encouragement to attend college, my parents knew very little about
the college experience, financial aid, which institutions were
prestigious, etc. Although the school I chose—a small
private college about 100 miles from home—was probably not
the best choice in all respects, it was there that I was mentored
and encouraged to attend graduate school. Positive role
models and individuals who opposed class and gender discrimination
helped me to overcome the steep learning curve I faced because of
my family background.
Reading Reclaiming Class forced me to think about my own
background, my mother’s, and that of my students.
Regardless of socio-economic status, I think that this book will
move the reader to consider and reconsider his or... (preview truncated at 150 words.)To view the full-text for this article you must be signed-in with the appropriate membership. Please review your options below:
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- Marybeth Gasman
University of Pennsylvania E-mail Author MARYBETH GASMAN an assistant professor of higher education in the
Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. Her most
recent publications include Charles S. Johnson: Leadership Behind the Veil in the
Age of Jim Crow (with Patrick J. Gilpin) published by SUNY Press, 2003 and
‘‘A Word for Every Occasion: Appeals by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. to White
Donors on Behalf of the United Negro College Fund,’’ published in the
History of Higher Education Annual, 2002.
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