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The Reform of Girls' Secondary and Higher Education in Victorian England A Study of Elites and Educational Change

508 Pages

by Routledge

508 Pages

by Routledge

508 Pages

by Routledge

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Originally published in 1987, this title was first submitted as a doctoral dissertation at the University of California, Berkeley in 1974. Completed just as the years of expansion in higher education were drawing to a close, it reflects the growing doubts of the period as to the ability of formal education provision alone to effect major changes in the distribution of socio-economic privilege at... Read more

Preface. Introduction. 1. Some Socio-Economic and Demographic Perspectives on the Movement for Women’s Educational Reform 2. The Organizers and their Organizations I: Organizational Structure and Strategies 3. The Organizers and their Organizations II: The Organizers’ Backgrounds and Aspirations 4. The Lady-Teachers I: The Lady-Teacher and the Family-like School 5. The Lady-Teachers II: The Impulse to Reform 6. The Headmistresses I: The Public School and the Professional Woman 7. The Headmistresses II: Professional Influences 8. The Headmistresses III: Two Professional Emphases 9. The Students I: Status Concerns and Family Relations 10. The Students II: The Public Schools and Colleges and Public Life. Notes. Bibliography. Index.