{"product_id":"bound-by-a-mighty-vow-diana-b-turk-9780814782828","title":"Bound by a Mighty Vow: Sisterhood and Women's Fraternities, 1870-1920","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA look at the intricate history of collegiate women's support networks--otherwise known as sororities\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSororities are often thought of as exclusive clubs for socially inclined college students, but \u003cb\u003eBound by a Mighty Vow\u003c\/b\u003e, a history of the women's Greek system, demonstrates that these organizations have always served more serious purposes. Diana Turk explores the founding and development of the earliest sororities (then called women's fraternities) and explains how these groups served as support networks to help the first female collegians succeed in the hostile world of nineteenth century higher education. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Turk goes on to look at how and in what ways sororities changed over time. While the first generation focused primarily on schoolwork, later Greek sisters used their fraternity connections to ensure social status, gain access to jobs and job training, and secure financial and emotional support as they negotiated life in turn-of-the-century America. The costs they paid were conformity to certain tightly prescribed beliefs of how \"ideal\" fraternity women should act and what \"ideal\" fraternity women should do. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing on primary source documents written and preserved by the fraternity women themselves, as well as on oral history interviews conducted with fraternity officers and alumnae members, \u003cb\u003eBound by a Mighty Vow\u003c\/b\u003e uncovers the intricate history of these early women's networks and makes a bold statement about the ties that have bound millions of American women to one another in the name of sisterhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Diana B. Turk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814782825\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814782828\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/21\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 5.96w x 0.67d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2004 pg. 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2004 pg. 551","brand":"Diana B. Turk","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056911970559,"sku":"9780814782828","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a96536c2-559e-4639-99c3-35aef3ae4795.jpg?v=1685043957","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bound-by-a-mighty-vow-diana-b-turk-9780814782828","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}