Sandra, Liz, and Corinne are three minority women who met during their doctoral studies in the late 1990's and learned that each have individual accounts of how far they have come since the passage of the Civil Rights Act. Sandra, born in the 1940's, Liz born in the 1950's, and Corinne born in the 1960's overcome barriers and reminisce about their journey. Their memories of their personal and professional lives coincide with major events in the history of the United States. These women share their trials, successes, and concerns while achieving the goal of higher education and acceptance....

Sandra, Liz, and Corinne are three minority women who met during their doctoral studies in the late 1990's and learned that each have individual accounts of how far they have come since the passage of the Civil Rights Act. Sandra, born in the 1940's, Liz born in the 1950's, and Corinne born in the 1960's overcome barriers and reminisce about their journey. Their memories of their personal and professional lives coincide with major events in the history of the United States. These women share their trials, successes, and concerns while achieving the goal of higher education and acceptance....

Nestled in the shadow of beautiful Mount Ascutney and bordering the banks of the Connecticut River, Windsor was known as a manufacturing town from the 1800s through the mid-1900s. In the 1800s, groundbreaking manufacturing techniques were launched here, and in the 1900s, Scribner editor and Windsor resident Maxwell Perkins discovered a trio of America's literary greats: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and Thomas Wolfe. Vermont was the first state to declare that it would not tolerate slavery within its boundaries. During the 19th century through the 20th century, Windsor became an...