First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Jane Roland Martin is Professor Emerita of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts. Among her books are Changing the Educational Landscape: Philosophy, Women,and Curriculum (Routledge, 1994), The Schoolhome:Rethinking Schools for Changing Families (1992) and Reclaiming a Conversation (1985).

CONTENTSPART ONE: What Price Women's Belonging?IntroductionEstrangement from Each OtherEstrangement from Women's Lived ExperienceEstrangement from Women's OccupationsPART TWO: Chilly Classrooms and Hostile HallsIntroductionAn Immigrant HypothesisEducation as a Harsh and Brutal FilterThe Prices Women PayPART THREE: An Institution in Need of ReformIntroductionThe Brain DrainTo Assimilate or Transform, That Is the QuestionActions Great and Small