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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rury, John L., 1951-

Series:

SUNY series on women and work.

SUNY series on women and work

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Education (Secondary)--United States--History.

Women.

Women--Employment--United States--History.

United States--Social conditions--1865-1918.

United States.

United States--Social conditions--1918-1932.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 277 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the transformations in women's work and education and assesses their effects on women from different social and cultural backgrounds. John L. Rury is Associate Professor in the School for New Learning at DePaul University.

Contents:

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

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

Index

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K

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Z.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4384-1835-3

0-585-05633-1

OCLC:

42855156