Women, educational policy-making, and administration in England

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Opening up the role of women in policy-making as a new field of study, this book takes the example of women in education as its focus. It examines the work, attitudes and actions of women in education over two centuries.

Title Women, educational policy-making, and administration in England : authoritative women since 1800 / [edited by] Joyce Goodman and Sylvia Harrop.
Edition 1st ed.
Publisher London
New York : Routledge
Creation Date 2000
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Content Book Cover
Title
Contents
List of illustrations and tables
Notes on contributors
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
'Within marked boundaries': women and the making of educational policy since 1800
Women and school governance
Women governors and the management of working-class schools, 1800 1861
Governing ladies: women governors of middle-class girls' schools, 1870 1925
Women and educational administration at local government level
Women school board members and women school managers: the structuring of educational authority in Manchester and Liverpool, 1870 1903
'Women not wanted': the fight to secure political representation on Local Education Authorities, 1870 1907Women teachers, policy-making and administration in elementary education
Women and teacher training: women and pupil-teacher centres, 1880 1914
Women as witnesses: elementary schoolmistresses and the Cross Commission, 1885 1888
Women and the educational administration of the state
'The peculiar preserve of the male kind': women and the education inspectorate, 1893 to the Second World War
Committee women: women on the Consultative Committee of the Board of Education, 1900 1944
Parliamentary women: women ministers of education, 1924 1974Bibliography
Index
Series Routledge research in gender and history
v.v.4
Extent 1 online resource (225 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010708321005171
MARC RECORDS
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