Babes in Boyland: A Personal History

By GINA BARRECA

If you thought a very personal history written by a feminist professor concerning the early years of coeducation in the Ivy League would not begin with a discussion of lost love, body image, marriage possibilities, skin type, hair color, envy, fear, and boys, then you know nothing about women.

Janis Joplin, patron saint of every girl who ended up...