Rebels in White Gloves

When the women of the Wellesley class of 1969 entered the ivory tower they were initiated into a rarefied world. Many were daughters of privilege many were going for their MRS. But by the time they graduated four years later they faced a world turned upside down by the Pill NOW student protests the counterculture and the Vietnam War.. In this social history Miriam Horn retraces the lives of women caught on a historic cusp. This generation was the first to test-drive modern rules that remain complicated and contentious regarding sexuality marriage motherhood paid work spirituality aging and the difficulties of reconciling public and private life. The result is a story of uncommon subtleties and vibrancy that reflects this generation's fateful choices.