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This book explores the experiences of working-class students in higher education at Radcliffe College during the years 1940-1970. More specifically, this work examines how the mid-point of the twentieth century's changing social, political, institutional, and economic forces influenced the undergraduate and alumnae satisfaction levels and post-graduate career paths of working-class students.

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The life benefits that result from the opportunity for a working-class student to attend an elite college are apparent in Jennifer O'Connor Duffy's own pathway from firefighter's daughter to the Ivy League. Her account of her counterparts across time makes for an important contribution to women's studies and higher education. - Karen Arnold, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Director Higher Education Administration Boston College In Dr. O'Connor Duffy's rigorous assessment of the experiences of working-class women at an elite college we are finally treated to a view of the nexus of class and gender on the college campus. - Dr. Ana M. Martinez Aleman Boston College At once an historical treatise and a research-based examination, this book is a timely and relevant discourse on the importance of providing educational opportunities to those who have been traditionally underrepresented in, and disenfranchised by, the American higher education system. - Dr. Michael J. Siegel Suffolk University

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Dr. Jennifer O'Connor Duffy is an Assistant Professor in the Higher Education Administration Program at Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts. She received her Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from Boston College.

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