February 29, 1988 (vol. 98, iss. 99) • Page Image 32
…E D U C A T I o N Rewriting History Should everyone learn a the same things, or is specialization better? History," said the 19th-century his- torian Jakob Burckhardt, "is what men think about their past." And women, as many of today's histori- ans would quickly point out. But if Burckhardt was a bit limited in his unde Separate womens stud standing of gender, his definition is none-Seatewmnstu theless now deeply embedded in the way American ...…