| Practical Visionaries: Women, Education and Social Progress, 1790-1930 Contributor(s): Hirsch, Pam (Author), Hilton, Mary (Author) |
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ISBN: 0582404312 ISBN-13: 9780582404311 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $63.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | History - Education | Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects - Social Science | Women's Studies |
| Dewey: 370.8 |
| LCCN: 99044986 |
| Series: Women and Men in History |
| Physical Information: 0.57" H x 6.19" W x 9.22" (0.82 lbs) 266 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |
