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Title Women's education in early modern Europe : a history, 1500-1800 / edited by Barbara J. Whitehead
Published New York : Garland Pub., 1999

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 260 pages) : illustrations
Series Garland reference library of social science ; v. 1124. Studies in the history of education ; v. 7
Garland reference library of social science ; v. 1124.
Garland reference library of social science. Studies in the history of education ; vol. 7.
Contents Introduction /$rBarbara J. Whitehead --$tLearning the virtues : convent schools and female culture in Renaissance Florence /$rSharon T. Strocchia --$tEqual in opportunity? The education of aristocratic women 1450-1540 /$rSharon D. Michalove --$tThe pattern of perfect womanhood : feminine virtue, pattern books and the fiction of the clothworking woman /$rStacey Shimizu --$tThe rei(g)ning of women's tongues in English books of instruction and rhetorics /$rCatherine R. Eskin --$tThe literacy of Jewish women in early modern Italy /$rHoward Adelman --$tTo educate or instruct : Du Bosc and Fénelon on women /$rColleen Fitzgerald --$t"Its Frequent Visitor" : death at boarding school in early modern Europe /$rCarolyn C. Lougee --$tʻA Knowledge Speculative and Practical' : the dilemma of midwives' education in early modern Europe /$rAdrianna E. Bakos
Summary The notion of education as "preparation for one's station in life" is explored in these essays. They look at what constituted education for women in early modern Europe and show the gender-specific nature of teaching
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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In Education Source. Ipswich, MA : EBSCO Publishing, 1999-
Subject Women -- Education -- Europe -- History -- 16th century
Women -- Education -- Europe -- History -- 17th century
Women -- Education -- Europe -- History -- 18th century
Women -- Education -- Europe -- History -- 19th century
EDUCATION -- Students & Student Life.
Women -- Education
Erziehung
Frau
Vrouwen.
Onderwijs.
Europe
Europa
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
Author Whitehead, Barbara J
ISBN 0815324677
9780815324676
9780203905067
0203905067
9781135580957
1135580952