Excerpts from a coming coffee-table book, The Ivory Tower and The Smokestack: 100 Years of Cooperative Education at UC
Beginnings
A Womans Place
- The '20s that roared: The women come marching in
- 1950s: What the heck are you doing in engineering?
- 1970s: Alone at lunch
The Depression: A Flood of Fear
World War II
- A letter home: A Cincinnati co-op killed in action
- Where theres a war, theres a way: Women storm the workforce
Post-War
- Courting trouble: The co-op trap
Co-op 9-11
18-Karat Co-ops
- A federal case
- someones life may depend on it.
- Movie magic
- Building laughter with the Hollywood stars
International Co-op
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