Education and women's work : female schooling and the division of labor in urban America, 1870-1930 / / John L. Rury

• Autore: Rury John L. <1951->
• Pubblicazione: Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , 1991; ©1991
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xix, 277 pages)
• Disciplina: 376/.63/0973
• Soggetto topico: Women - Education (Secondary) - United States - History; Women - Employment - United States - History
• Soggetto geografico: United States Social conditions 1865-1918; United States Social conditions 1918-1932
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Education and women's work
• ISBN: 1-4384-1835-3; 0-585-05633-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823176903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: SUNY series on women and work.