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Record Nr.

UNINA9910513706403321

Autore

Graham P. J (Philip Jeremy)

Titolo

Mary Warnock : Ethics, Education and Public Policy in Post-War Britain

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Open Book Publishers, 2021

Cambridge : , : Open Book Publishers, , 2021

©2021

ISBN

1-80064-340-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (364 pages)

Soggetti

Biography: general

Philosophy

History of science

Biography: science, technology & medicine

Education

Educational strategies & policy

Educational: Social sciences

Great Britain Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Changing Times for Women (1950-2000):  Two Views from the Top -- 2. Blissful Beginnings -- 3. Emerging -- 4. The Good Life -- 5. Fitting It All In -- 6. What Are Schools For? -- 7. All Change for Special Education -- 8. Infertility -- 9. What Are Universities For? -- 10. Art and Nature -- 11. The Manner of Our Deaths -- List of Figures -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This biography illuminates the life and thought of Baroness Mary Warnock, whose active years spanned the second half of the twentieth century, a period during which opportunities for middle-class women rapidly and vastly improved.