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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Jane, 1959-

Series:

Women, power, and politics.

Women, power, and politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

London (England). School Board.

London (England).

Women in education--England--History--Case studies.

Women in education.

School board members--England--History--Case studies.

School board members.

Education--Political aspects--England--History--Case studies.

Education.

Women--Education--England--History--Case studies.

Women.

Women in education--England--History--19th century.

Women in education--England--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Leicester University Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Considering the role of women as educational policy-makers, and in particular focusing on 29 women members of the London School Board, this book examines the link between private lives and public practice in Victorian and Edwardian England. These political activists were among the first women in England to be elected to positions of political responsibility. Key concerns in the book are issues such as gender and power, and gender and welfare.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-159) and index.

ISBN:

9786612709869

9781282709867

1282709860

9780826426369

0826426360

OCLC:

651657343