Mary Hilton is a Senior Lecturer in Education and Pam Hirsch is a Senior Research Associate at Homerton College, Cambridge.
This book examines women educationists in nineteenth and early twentieth century Britain. Exploring new avenues opened up by the latest research in gender studies the book reveals how women leaders were determined to transform education in the quest for a better society.
List of Figures and Illustrations
List of Contributors
Acknowledgements
Publisher's Acknowkdgements
Introduction Mary Hilton and Pam Hirsch
PART ONE: The Emergence of Progressive Women Educators
PART Two: The Struggle for Better Education for Middle-Class Women
PART THREE: Work and Professional Life for Lower Middle-Class Women
PART FOUR: The Poor Child - Women and the Progressive Challenge to the Elementary System
PART FIVE: Women Theorists in the Early Twentieth Century
Select Bibliography
Index