Women and Education, (4 Volume Set)

If a primary objective of feminism is to expose and challenge the social relations of power embedded in all spheres of life, then an exploration of the issues attached to female education is a vital aspect of such a project. Indeed, ‘women and education’ is now an established - and flourishing - domain of study. And as academic thinking continues to develop, this new title in Routledge’s acclaimed series, Major Themes in Education, meets the need for an authoritative reference work to make sense of the subject’s vast literature and the continuing explosion in research output.

Edited by two leading scholars in the field, Women and Education is a four-volume collection of foundational and cutting-edge contributions. Issues affecting women and education cannot be analysed in territorial isolation; while it is possible in many parts of the Western world to cite evidence of widening opportunities, choices, and potential in women’s lives, the gendered nature of educational provision, practice, and thought is often more starkly apparent in less developed parts of the world. Consequently, the collection adopts an explicitly international approach to explore fully the complexities of the educational experience, its gendered history, and its particular implications and interpretations in specific societies and locations. The collection’s temporal scope is similarly ambitious. Moreover, Women and Education is further distinguished by the inclusion of autobiographical works to capture the experience of education as a broad societal process, and not simply as formal schooling.

Volume one Space, Place, and Time is a theoretical and historical framework for the collection. Taken together, the materials gathered here constitute a sophisticated and versatile toolbox of ideas for theory-building and research. This volume, in particular, will be an invaluable tool for researchers and students of feminist theory and research methods, and for users across the social sciences concerned with issues of gender. Volume two Pupils, Students, and Learning brings together key studies in gender and education. In particular, this volume explores past experiences through autobiography and life history, and investigates gender dynamics within schools. Volume three Teachers and Teaching, meanwhile, focuses on the culture and politics of work. It presents essential findings into processes and pedagogy and gathers critical research on women teachers’ expectations, their struggles to achieve equality, and attempts to change practice. The last volume in the collection Politics and Policies contains a selection of materials that discuss the history and gendered nature of education policies. Presenting a range of views, the work gathered in Volume IV illuminates women’s place in the development of educational traditions, reforms, and theories, and examines their role as educational policy-makers.

With a full index, together with a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editors, which places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context, Women and Education is an indispensable work of reference. It will be welcomed as a crucial database permitting rapid access to less familiar - and sometimes overlooked - texts. It will also be valued as a vital one-stop research and pedagogic resource for researchers and students of education, women’s studies, and social history, as well as for practising teachers and policy-makers.

Volume I : Space, Place, and Time

Chapter 1 : L. Eisenmann, ‘Creating a Framework for Interpreting US Women’s Educational History : Lessons from Historical Lexicography’, History of Education, 2001
Chapter 2 : T. Fitzgerald, ‘Archives of Memory and Memories of Archive : CMS Women’s Letters and Diaries 1823–35’, History of Education, 2005
Chapter 3 : J. Goodman, ‘Languages of Female Colonial Authority : The Educational Networks of The Ladies Committee of The British and Foreign School Society, 1813–1837
Chapter 4 : J. Harford, ‘An Experiment in The Development of Social Networks for Women : Women’s Colleges in Ireland in The Nineteenth Century’, Paedagogica Historica, 2007
Chapter 5 : M. Hilton, ‘Revisioning Romanticism : Towards a Women’s History of Progressive Thought, 1780–1850’, History of Education, 2001
Chapter 6 : K. Maloney, ‘A Feminist Looks at Education : The Educational Philosophy of Charlotte Perkins Gilman’, Teachers College Record, 1998
Chapter 7 : J. R. Martin, ‘Excluding Women from The Educational Realm’, Harvard Educational Review, 1982
Chapter 8 : A. Mackinnon, ‘Shaking The Foundations : On The (Im)possibility of Writing a History of Women in Higher Education’, History of Education Review, 1999
Chapter 9 : J. McLeod, ‘The Promise of Freedom and The Regulation of Gender : Feminist Pedagogy in The 1970s’, Gender and Education, 1998
Chapter 10 : R. Rogers, ‘Schools, Discipline and Community : Diary-Writing and Schoolgirl Culture in Late Nineteenth-Century France’, Women’s History Review, 1995
Chapter 11 : K. Rousmaniere, ‘Being Margaret Haley, Chicago, 1903’, Paedagogica Historica, 1999
Chapter 12 : J. W. Scott, ‘Women’s History’, in P. Burke (ed.), New Perspectives in Historical Writing
Chapter 13 : D. Smith, ‘A Peculiar Eclipsing : Women’s Exclusion from Man’s Culture’, Women’s Studies International Quarterly, 1978
Chapter 14 : L. T. Smith, ‘Connecting Pieces : Finding The Indigenous Presence in The History of Women’s Education’, in K. Weiler and S. Middleton (eds.), Telling Women’s Lives : Narrative Inquiries in The History of Women’s Education
Chapter 15 : S. Spencer, ‘Schoolgirl to Career Girl : The City as Educative Space’, Paedagogica Historica, 2003
Chapter 16 : D. Stratigakos, ‘"I Myself Want to Build" : Women, Architectural Education and The Integration of Germany’s Technical Colleges’, Paedagogica Historica, 2007
Chapter 17 : M. Tamboukou, ‘Spacing Herself : Women in Education’, Gender and Education, 1999
Chapter 18 : V. Walkerdine, ‘Some Day My Prince Will Come : Young Girls and The Preparation for Adolescent Sexuality’, Schoolgirl Fictions
Chapter 19 : R. Watts, ‘"Suggestive Books" : The Role of The Writings of Mary Somerville in Science and Gender History’, Paedagogica Historica, 2002,

Volume II : Pupils, Students, and Learning

Chapter 20 : D. A. Almeida, ‘The Hidden Half : A History of Native American Women’s Education’, Harvard Educational Review, 1997
Chapter 21 : S. Baker and B. Brown, ‘Harbingers of Feminism? Gender, Cultural Capital and Education in Mid-Twentieth-Century Rural Wales’, Gender and Education, 2009
Chapter 22 : M. Cohen, ‘Familiar Conversation : The Role of The "Familiar Format" in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Britain’, in M. Hilton and J. Shefrin (eds.), Educating The Child in Enlightenment Britain
Chapter 23 : E. Greenberg, ‘Educating Muslim Girls in Mandatory Jerusalem’, International Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 2004
Chapter 24 : J. Harvey, ‘Domestic Queens and Warrior Wives : Imperial Role-Models for Spanish Schoolgirls During The Early Francoist Regime (1940s–50s)’, History of Education, 2008
Chapter 25 : A. Jacobs, ‘Examinations as Cultural Capital for The Victorian Schoolgirl : "Thinking with Bourdieu"’, Women’s History Review, 2001
Chapter 26 : L. M. Perkins, ‘The African American Female Elite : The Early History of African American Women in The Seven Sister Colleges, 1880–1960’, Harvard Educational Review, 1987
Chapter 27 : L. Perriton, ‘The Education of Women for Citizenship : The National Federation of Women’s Institutes an The British Federation of Business and Professional Women 1930–1959’, Gender and Education, 2009
Chapter 28 : K. Pickles, ‘Exhibiting Canada : Empire, Migration and The 1928 English Schoolgirl Tour’, Female Imperialism and National Identity : Imperial Order Daughters of The Empire
Chapter 29 : J. Purvis, ‘Working-Class Women and Adult Education in Nineteenth-Century Britain’, History of Education, 1980
Chapter 30 : S. N. Robinson, ‘Old World Influences on The Attitudes Towards Schooling in The New World’, History of Immigrant Female Students in Chicago Public Schools, 1900–1950
Chapter 31 : B. Schwarz, ‘Claudia Jones and The West Indian Gazette : Reflections on The Emergence of Post-Colonial Britain’, Twentieth-Century British History, 2003
Chapter 32 : J. L. Rury, ‘Participation and Purpose in Women’s Education : Who Went to School, and Why’, Education and Women’s Work : Female Schooling and The Division of Labor in Urban America, 1870–1930
Chapter 33 : M. V. Schertz, ‘The MoTher’s Magazine : Moral Media for an Emergent Domestic Pedagogy, 1833–1848’, Gender and Education, 2009
Chapter 34 : P. Summerfield, ‘Cultural Reproduction in The Education of Girls : A Study of Girls’ Secondary Schooling in Two Lancashire Towns, 1900–1950’, in F. Hunt (ed.), Lessons for Life : The Schooling of Girls and Women, 1850–1950
Chapter 35 : P. Tinkler, ‘English Girls and The International Dimensions of British Citizenship in The 1940s’, European Journal of Women’s Studies, 2001
Chapter 36 : F. Vavrus, ‘Uncoupling The Articulation Between Girls’ Education and Tradition in Tanzania’, Gender and Education, 2002
Chapter 37 : K. Vehkalahti, ‘The Urge to See Inside and Cure : Letter-Writing as an Educational Tool in Finnish Reform School Education’, Paedagogica Historica, 2008

Volume III : Teachers and Teaching

Chapter 38 : J. C. Albisetti, ‘American Women’s College’s through European Eyes, 1865–1914’, History of Education Quarterly, 1992
Chapter 39 : C. de Bellaigue, ‘The Development of Teaching as a Profession for Women Before 1870’, Historical Journal, 2001
Chapter 40 : S. Cavanagah, ‘Female Teacher Sexuality in Twentieth-Century Ontario’, History of Education Quarterly, 2005
Chapter 41 : C. Heward, ‘Men and Women and The Rise of Professional Society : The Intriguing History of Teacher Educators’, History of Education, 1993
Chapter 42 : H. Kean, ‘Men Must Be Educated and Women Must Do It’, In Deeds Not Words
Chapter 43 : C. Leach, ‘Religion and Rationality : Quaker Women and Science Education, 1790–1850’, History of Education, 2006
Chapter 44 : J. Miller, ‘The Feminisation of Schooling in Two Countries’, School for Women
Chapter 45 : K. Morris MatThews, ‘Degrees of Separation? Early Women Principals in New Zealand State Schools, 1876–1926’, Journal of Educational Administration and History, 2009
Chapter 46 : A. Oram, ‘Fighting for Equality, 1900–1920’, Women Teachers and Feminist Politics
Chapter 47 : E. Reidi, ‘Teaching Empire : British and Dominions Women Teachers in The South African War Concentration Camps’, English Historical Review, 2005
Chapter 48 : W. Robinson, ‘Women and Teacher Training : Women and Pupil-Teacher Centres, 1880–1914’, in J. Goodman and S. Harrop (eds.), Women, Educational Policy-Making and Administration in England : Authoritative Women Since 1800
Chapter 50 : M. Theobald, ‘Women, Leadership and Gender Politics in The Interwar Years : The Case of Julia Flynn’, History of Education, 2000
Chapter 51 : C. Trimingham Jack, ‘The Lay Sister in Educational History and Memory’, History of Education, 2000
Chapter 52 : M. van Essen, ‘Strategies of Women Teachers, 1860–1920’, History of Education, 1999
Chapter 53 : K. Whitehead, ‘Vocation, Career and Character in Early Twentieth-Century Women Teachers’ Work in City Schools’, History of Education, 2005

Volume IV : Politics and Policies

Chapter 54 : T. Allender, ‘Imagining Innovation : State Agendas for Women’s Education in Colonial India’, History of Education Researcher, 2007
Chapter 55 : H. C. Araújo, ‘MoThering and Citizenship. Educational Conflicts in Portugal’, in M. Arnot and J.-A. Dillabough (eds.), Challenging Democracy : International Perspectives on Gender and Citizenship
Chapter 56 : J. Blackmore, ‘The Gendering of Educational Work’, in Troubling Women : Feminism, Leadership and Educational Change
Chapter 57 : K. J. Brehony, ‘Lady Astor’s Campaign for Nursery Schools in Britain : Attempting to Valorize Cultural Capital in a Male-Dominated Political Field’, History of Education Quarterly, 2009
Chapter 58 : E. M. Byrne, ‘Gender in Education : Educational Policy in Australia and Europe, 1975–1985’, Comparative Education, 1987
Chapter 59 : P. P.-K. Chiu, ‘"A Position of Usefulness" : Gendering The History of Girls’ Education in Colonial Hong Kong 1850s–1990s’, History of Education, 2008
Chapter 60 : M. S. Crocco, ‘Shaping Inclusive Education : Mary Ritter Beard and Marion Thompson Wright’, in M. S. Crocco and O. L. Davis Jr. (eds.), Bending The Future to Their Will : Civic Women, Social Education and Democracy
Chapter 61 : M. E. David, ‘MoTherhood and Social Policy : A Matter of Education?’, Critical Social Policy, 1985
Chapter 62 : R. Deem, ‘State Policy and Ideology in The Education of Women, 1944–1980’, British Journal of Sociology of Education, 1981
Chapter 63 : C. Dyhouse, ‘Good Wives and Little MoThers : Social Anxieties and The Schoolgirl’s Curriculum’, Oxford Review of Education, 1977
Chapter 64 : J. Howarth, ‘Women’s Higher Education c. 1840–1914’, in P. Ghosh and L. Goldman (eds.), Politics and Culture in Victorian Britain : Essays in Memory of Colin MatThew
Chapter 65 : M. Kosambi, ‘A Window in The Prison-House : Women’s Education and The Politics of Social Reform in Nineteenth-Century Western India’, History of Education, 2000
Chapter 66 : D. Leonard, ‘Teachers, Femocrats and Academics : Activism in London in The 1980s’, in K. Myers (ed.), Whatever Happened to Equal Opportunities?
Chapter 67 : J. Martin, ‘To "Blaise The Trail for Women to Follow Along" : Sex, Gender and The Politics of Education on The London School Board (1870–1904)’, Gender and Education, 2000
Chapter 68 : G. Mianda, ‘Colonialism, Education and Gender Relations in The Belgian Congo : The Evolue Case’, in J. Allman, S. Geiger, and N. Musisi (eds.), Women in African Colonial Histories
Chapter 69 : P. Munro, ‘Political Activism as Teaching : Jane Addams and Ida B. Wells’, in M. S. Crocco, P. Munro and K. Weiler, Pedagogies of Resistance : Women Educator Activists, 1880–1960
Chapter 70 : G. Nazarska, ‘The Bulgarian Association of University Women, 1924–50
Chapter 71 : S. Pedersen, ‘Metaphors of The Schoolroom : Women Working The Mandates System of The League of Nations’, History Workshop Journal, 2008
Chapter 72 : E. Unterhalter, ‘Cosmopolitanism, Global Social Justice and Gender Equality in Education’, Compare, 2008
Chapter 73 : K. Weiler, ‘The Historiography of Gender and Progressive Education in The United States’, Paedagogica Historica, 2006
Chapter 74 : G. Weiner and M. Arnot, ‘Teachers and Gender Politics’, in M. Arnot and G. Weiner (eds.), Gender and The Politics of Schooling