Boston Glass Ceiling: The Letters of Agnes Edwards Partin, 1922-1925

There was no doubt that Agnes Edwards had ambition. It stemmed from the self-confidence she had gained during her university years and from being in the first generation of women to vote. Her professors at the University of California–Berkeley had encouraged her to pursue a career in publishing or teaching. What’s more, she knew she could support herself with her secretarial skills and job experience. So it was, in the fall of 1922, that Agnes left her home in California and journeyed to Bo...