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- Uses new research to recognise and celebrate the roles of six important British women activists who made a substantial contribution to the development of women's education
Employs innovative methodology and offers new perspectives on the relation between theory and practice in education
Highly topical offers feminist engagements with the issues of biography and women and politics, and continues the current trend of reclaiming 'forgotten' female figures
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Employing a biographical approach, Jane Martin and Joyce Goodman adopt existing feminist and historical models to explore how these women resisted gender roles and combined their public lives with private commitments. As individuals, these women were very different personalities: as a group they show how organised women made a substantial contribution to public life and changed philosophy, policy and practice.
Women and Education is situated within the tradition of feminist engagements with recovering and reclaiming 'forgotten' female figures in history. By bringing the lives and actions of these female reformers to the forefront, Martin and Goodman not only offer fresh perspectives on the relation between theory and practice in education, but also give a critical new insight into the accomplishments of women in the past.
About the authors
JOYCE GOODMAN is Professor of History of Education at King Alfred's College of Higher Education, where she co-ordinates research in the School of Education. Her publications include Women, Educational Policy-Making and Administration in England: Authoritative Women since 1800 (edited with Sylvia Harrop).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Women and Education, 1800-1980
Authors: Jane Martin, Joyce Goodman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4039-4407-8
Publisher: Red Globe Press London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2004
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 215
Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave
Topics: Social History