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Author Cochran, Robert, 1943-

Title Louise Pound : scholar, athlete, feminist pioneer / Robert Cochran.

Publication Info. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2009]
©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xi. 319 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-306) and index.
Contents Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgments; One: "I have always been satisfied with Nebraska"; Two: "The iridescent glamor of life beginning"; Three: "A genuine Nebraska cyclone"; Four: "She's an athlete; she's a scholar"; Five: "Incapable of orderly thought"; Six: "There is always zest"; Seven: "First woman again"; Notes; Index.
Summary Louise Pound (1872?1958) was a distinguished literary scholar, renowned athlete, accomplished musician, and devoted women?s sports advocate. She is perhaps best remembered for her groundbreaking work in the field of linguistics and folklore and for her role as the first woman president of the Modern Language Association. A member of a distinguished Nebraska family that included her brother, the prominent legal scholar Roscoe Pound, Louise completed her undergraduate education at the University of Nebraska. When American universities wouldn?t admit her for graduate study, she went on to obtain.
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Subject Pound, Louise, 1872-1958.
Pound, Louise, 1872-1958.
University of Nebraska--Lincoln -- Faculty -- Biography.
University of Nebraska--Lincoln.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Pound, Louise.
Women scholars -- Nebraska -- Biography.
Women scholars.
Nebraska.
Scholars -- Nebraska -- Biography.
Scholars.
Athletes -- Nebraska -- Biography.
Athletes.
Feminists -- United States -- Biography.
Feminists.
United States.
Women's rights -- United States -- History.
Women's rights.
History.
Folklorists -- United States -- Biography.
Folklorists.
College teachers -- Nebraska -- Biography.
College teachers.
Nebraska -- Biography.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Subject Feminists.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Cochran, Robert, 1943- Louise Pound. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2009 9780803215467 0803215460 (DLC) 2008031035 (OCoLC)237047582
ISBN 9780803222649 (electronic book)
0803222645 (electronic book)
9780803215467 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
0803215460 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
Sudoc No. U5002 T295 -2009