| Many individuals have helped to bring this work to fruition. I am most grateful to Professor Mary Young, who has guided me throughout and who I esteem as teacher, mentor, and friend. Professors Larry Hudson and Brenda Meehan gave painstaking attention to the manuscript. It benefited from their comments and advice. Professor Ayala Gabriel advised me about field work, challenged my thinking on gender issues, and has given me an abundance of collegial and personal support. |
| I was fortunate to have colleagues and professors in the History Department at the University of Rochester who challenged and supported me along the way. Professor Eugene Genovese first cracked open my mind. Professor Christopher Lasch and Professor Jules Benjamin provoked and nurtured my intellect. Mary Conable and Norm Gayford loaned me a computer and made their home a refuge. Kathy Kelly, Cathy Mason, Cathy Tumber, David Steigerwald, and David Chappell provided the comraderie and collegial support without which no student can survive graduate school. |
| I have been fortunate also in finding support from friends in other academic fields. Harold Wechsler, my employer, mentor, and friend, has been a constant support. He has encouraged my heart and spirit, given me time off, and insisted I make my own work my priority. He also read every chapter and provided insightful comments. Dale Dannefer invited me to teach a course in the Graduate School of Education and Human Development, and has brought me groceries and loaned me his car. Other members of the faculty in the Graduate School of Education and Human Development have treated me as one of their own. Julia Smith has become a friend. Hank Allen, Warren Crichlow, and Karen Mackie have offered encouragement and friendship as well. The staff at the Ed School, most particularly Dorothea Horton, have also supported me. |
| My close friends have made it possible for me to work. They have listened to me, sometimes at four in the morning, taken care of me when I was ill, created a study where I could work, and even read the manuscript. Jackie Barnes, Linda Berkes, Kathy Buckwell, Joseph Crockett, Elaine Dannefer, Kathy Fraser, James Frackenpohl, Pam Klainer, Jim Thorne, Phyllis Tolbert, Sharon Turner, and Anne Waasdorp have taught me the meaning of community. Rachel and Michael Dannefer, Jason and Andrew Frackenpohl, and Katie Buckwell have lightened my spirit too many times to count. |
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