1st Edition
The Schooling of Girls in Britain and Ireland, 1800- 1900
By Jane McDermid
Copyright 2012
228 Pages
by
Routledge
226 Pages
by
Routledge
226 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book compares the formal education of the majority of girls in Britain and Ireland in the nineteenth century. Previous books about ‘Britain’ invariably focus on England, and such ‘British’ studies tend not to include Ireland despite its incorporation into the Union in 1801. The Schooling of Girls in Britain and Ireland, 1800-1900 presents a comparative synthesis of the schooling of working... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Gender and Social Control in the Education of Working-Class Girls 3. The Education of Young Ladies 4. The Making of a Female Teacher 5. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
Biography
Jane McDermid is Reader in Women’s and Gender History at Southampton University. She is the author of The Schooling of Working-Class Girls in Victorian Scotland: Gender, Education and Identity (Routledge, 2005) and has served on the Steering Committee of the UK’s Women’s History Network, 2005-09.
