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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784927503321

Autore

Martin Jane <1959->

Titolo

Women and the politics of schooling in Victorian and Edwardian England [[electronic resource] /] / Jane Martin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Leicester University Press, 1999

ISBN

1-282-70986-0

9786612709869

0-8264-2636-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 p.)

Collana

Women, power, and politics

Disciplina

379.1/531/08209421

Soggetti

Women in education - England - History

School board members - England - History

Education - Political aspects - England - History

Women - Education - England - History

Women in education - England - History - 19th century

Women in education - England - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-159) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. London and the Politics of Mass Schooling; 2. A New Role for Women?; 3. The Sages of the Embankment; 4. Entering the Public Arena: Women's Participation in Educational Politics; 5. Administering the Domestic Curriculum; 6. 'The True Elements and Conditions of Warfare in Public Life': The Experience of Elizabeth Surr; 7. Women and Child Welfare; 8. Making or Unmaking the Difference?; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Considering the role of women as educational policy-makers, and in particular focusing on 29 women members of the London School Board, this book examines the link between private lives and public practice in Victorian and Edwardian England. These political activists were among the first women in England to be elected to positions of political responsibility. Key concerns in the book are issues such as gender and power, and gender and welfare.