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The author examines the role and impact of Barbara Solomon's now classic text in women's educational history "In the company of educated women: A history of women and higher education in America". She analyzes how Solomon's book influenced, defined, and in some ways limited the field of women's educational history. She shows how current historical research ... grew out of Solomon's work. She points out where the book is innovative and indispensable and where it disappoints us as teachers and scholars in the 1990s. Eisenmann criticizes Solomon for placing too much emphasis on women's access to higher education, thereby ignoring the importance of wider histotical and educational influences such as economics, women's occupational choices, and the treatment of women in society at large. Finally, the author examines the state of subsequent research in women's higher educational history. She urges researchers to investigate beyond the areas defined by Solomon's work and to assess the impact of these neglected subjects on women's experiences in education. (DIPF/orig.)