Practical Visionaries: Women, Education and Social Progress, 1790-1930

ISBN-13: 9780582404311 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 266 str.

Mary Hilton; Pam Hirsch

Opis

Part of a series, written for students, academics and interested general readers alike. It tackles themes in gender history from the early medieval period to the present day. This book looks at women, education and social progress between 1790 and 1930.

Spis treści

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 Select Bibliography Index

O autorze

Mary Hilton is a Senior Lecturer in Education and Pam Hirsch is a Senior Research Associate at Homerton College, Cambridge.