Practical Visionaries
Women, Education and Social Progress, 1790-1930
1st Edition
Published on 30. July 2014
266 pages
978-1-317-87722-6 (ISBN)
Description
An examination of women educationists in nineteenth and early twentieth century Britain. Working with new paradigms opened up by feminist scholarship, it reveals how women leaders were determined to transform education in the quest for a better society. Previous scholarship has either neglected the contributions of these women or has misplaced them. Consequently intellectual histories of education have come to seem almost exclusively masculine. This collection shows the important role which figures such as Mary Carpenter, Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon, Elizabeth Edwards and Maria Montessori played in the struggle to provide greater educational opportunities for women. The contributors are: Anne Bloomfield, Kevin J. Brehony, Norma Clarke, Peter Cunningham, Mary Jane Drummond, Elizabeth Edwards, Mary Hilton, Pam Hirsch, Jane Miller, Hilary Minns, Wendy Robinson, Gillian Sutherland and Ruth Watts.
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"This attractively presented book has much to offer both specialists and non-specialists alike"-English Historical Review
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
7,66 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-317-87722-6 (9781317877226)
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Persons
Mary Hilton is a Senior Lecturer in Education and Pam Hirsch is a Senior Research Associate at Homerton College, Cambridge.
Content
List of Figures and Illustrations
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
Publisher's Acknowkdgements
Introduction Mary Hilton and Pam Hirsch
PART ONE: The Emergence of Progressive Women Educators
PART Two: The Struggle for Better Education for Middle-Class Women
PART THREE: Work and Professional Life for Lower Middle-Class Women
PART FOUR: The Poor Child - Women and the Progressive Challenge to the Elementary System
PART FIVE: Women Theorists in the Early Twentieth Century
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Index
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
Publisher's Acknowkdgements
Introduction Mary Hilton and Pam Hirsch
PART ONE: The Emergence of Progressive Women Educators
PART Two: The Struggle for Better Education for Middle-Class Women
PART THREE: Work and Professional Life for Lower Middle-Class Women
PART FOUR: The Poor Child - Women and the Progressive Challenge to the Elementary System
PART FIVE: Women Theorists in the Early Twentieth Century
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Index
