04145nam 2200589 a 450 991082317690332120200520144314.01-4384-1835-30-585-05633-1(CKB)111004366790338(SSID)ssj0000144173(PQKBManifestationID)11911948(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000144173(PQKBWorkID)10146145(PQKB)11045155(MiAaPQ)EBC3407010(Au-PeEL)EBL3407010(CaPaEBR)ebr10064648(OCoLC)42855156(EXLCZ)9911100436679033819900524d1991 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEducation and women's work female schooling and the division of labor in urban America, 1870-1930 /John L. Rury1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc19911 online resource (xix, 277 pages)SUNY series on women and workBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7914-0617-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Women at School: The Feminization of American High Schools, 1870-1900 -- Visions of Equality -- Feminization of the High School -- The Coeducation Question -- Equality and the Curriculum -- Conclusion: An Age of Opportunity -- 2. Participation and Purpose in Women's Education: Who Went to School, and Why -- Who Went to School -- Female School Participation, 1870-1900: An Ecological Analysis -- The Personal Record -- Conclusion: Stepping into a Larger World -- 3. Women at Work: Female Labor Force Participation and Education, 1890-1930 -- The Changing Shape of Women's Work, 1890-1930 -- School-Leaving and Labor Force Participation: Regional Differences -- Occupations and Education -- Ethnicity, Education, and Women's Work -- Conclusion: Opportunities and Constraints in Female Employment -- 4. Vocationalism Ascendant: Women and the High School Curriculum, 1890-1930 -- New Purposes in Women's Education -- The Home Economics Movement -- Commercial Education: A Vocational Groundswell -- Industrial Education for Women -- The Changing Face of Coeducation -- Regional Patterns of Female Participation in High School Courses -- Conclusion: Educational Policy and Women's Work -- 5. Varieties of Adaptation: Local Patterns of Women's Education and Work -- Education and Women's Work in Two Cities -- Women's Work and the High School Curriculum: Patterns of Adaptation -- Education and Social Class: Women in Clerical Courses -- Conclusion: Education and Local Labor Markets -- Conclusion -- Statistical Appendix: Teenage School Attendance in the Latter Nineteenth Century -- Notes -- Introduction -- 1. Women at School: The Feminization of American High Schools, 1870-1900 -- 2. Participation and Purpose in Women's Education: Who Went to School and Why.3. Women at Work: Female Labor Force Participation and Education, 1890-1930 -- 4. Vocationalism Ascendant: Women and the High School Curriculum, 1890-1930 -- 5. Varieties of Adaptation: Local Patterns of Women's Education and Work -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.SUNY series on women and work.WomenEducation (Secondary)United StatesHistoryWomenEmploymentUnited StatesHistoryUnited StatesSocial conditions1865-1918United StatesSocial conditions1918-1932WomenEducation (Secondary)History.WomenEmploymentHistory.376/.63/0973Rury John L.1951-1472811MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823176903321Education and women's work4058125UNINA