Title Women and the politics of schooling in Victorian and Edwardian England / Jane Martin

Published London ; New York : Leicester University Press, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 167 pages) Series Women, power, and politics Women, power, and politics. 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 Summary Although general histories of education help us to understand the origins of the English education system, there has been little emphasis on women's place in its development. By widening the perspective to consider the role of women as educational policy-makers, it is possible to gain a clearer understanding of this vital period both for women and for the development of a state education system. This book considers the link between private lives and public practice by focusing on the biographies of the twenty-nine women members of the London School Board. These political activists were among the first women in England to be elected to positions of political responsibility, and their role as educational policy-makers is important. Key concerns are gender and power and gender and welfare: issues that are as relevant to contemporary debates in education as they were in Victorian and Edwardian England Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-159) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject London (England). School Board. SUBJECT London (England). School Board fast Erziehungsanstalt für Töchter Eisenach gnd Subject Women in education -- England -- History -- Case studies School board members -- England -- History -- Case studies Education -- Political aspects -- England -- History -- Case studies Women -- Education -- England -- History -- Case studies Women in education -- England -- History -- 19th century Women in education -- England -- History -- 20th century EDUCATION -- Finance. Education -- Political aspects School board members Women -- Education Women in education England Großbritannien Genre/Form Case studies History Form Electronic book LC no. 97045897 ISBN 9780826426369 0826426360 1282709860 9781282709867 9786612709869 6612709863

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