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Women in American education, 1820-1955 : the female force and educational reform /

Recounts the remarkable achievements of women who dared to defy customs, break legal barriers, and endure hardship and discrimination in order to provide education for girls, young children, female teachers, homemakers, disabled students, the immigrant poor, and African American youth--the people ex...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Edwards, June, 1934-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2002.
Colección:Contributions to the study of education ; no. 81.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Catharine Beecher : educating girls, homemakers, and teachers
  • Elizabeth Palmer Peabody : educating young children
  • Elizabeth Blackwell : medical and physical education for females
  • Ellen Swallow Richards : science education for school, home and society
  • Jane Addams : educating the immigrant poor
  • Maria Montessori : educating children for independence
  • Mary McLeod Bethune : educating African-American youth
  • Helen Parkhurst : educating for responsibility with the Dalton Plan.