A review by thefox22
Babes in Boyland: A Personal History of Co-Education in the Ivy League by Gina Barreca

2.0

I don't like memoirs, but I had to read this for my History of Women class. I know I read too much fiction when I kept going with this wondering: where is the plot? And it's a memoir, so everything's not supposed to come together cohesively, right? I don't know. I thought it was a neat read, showing a glimpse into what it was like for a woman going to a college dominated by men. It was insightful, especially with the way women were viewed and how the gender differences played a huge role in life there (not like they still don't now though). But I don't like nonfiction because I need books to have a point (and I must have either missed this one or don't understand it other than the fact that it was not normal that women would want a higher education).