The Educational Work of Women's Organizations, 1890-1960

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-349-36943-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 346 g

This book explores women's organizations and their various educational contributions through local, state, and national networks from 1890 to 1960. Contributors investigate how women united to support and sustain education in both formal and informal settings, and examine various associations.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Woyshner, C.

Knupfer, A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte Regionalgeschichte der USA: Einzelne Staaten, Städte
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte: Ereignisse und Themen
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Organische Chemie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Geschichte der Pädagogik, Richtungen in der Pädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; C.Woyshner & A.M.Knupfer   PART I: ADVANCING HIGHER EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL WORK FOR WOMEN Extending College Education to Southern Women; J.M.Johnson "Forwarding Our Great Purpose of Research in Education"; L.M.Hines Cold War Women; L.Puaca PART II: EXPANDING WOMEN'S INFLUENCE IN POLITICS AND SOCIAL REFORM INSTITUTIONS The National College Equal Suffrage League; J.Nidiffer Latter-Day Knights; E.Mieras "The Worker Must Have Bread, But She Must Have Roses Too"; L.Rohan PART III: "UPLIFTING THE RACE" The Student YMCA; S.Cochrane "I Think I'd Like to Have the Experience of Meeting a Negro"; M.Gasman Linked Together in Service; K.Sanders-McMurtry & N.Woods Haydel PART IV: SCHOOLING CHILDREN "Politics Are Quite Perplexing"; B.Beatty "We Are From the City, and We Are Here to Educate You"; A.Knecht The Suburban PTA and the Good Life; C.Keenan

Über Autor(innen)

Joan Marie Johnson, Northeastern Illinois University, USA
Laura Moses Hines, Kent State University-Trumbull, USA
Laura Micheletti Puaca, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Jana Nidiffer, Center for the Education of Women, University of Michigan, USA
Emily Mieras, Stetson University, USA
Liz Rohan, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA
Sharlene Voogd Cochrane, Lesley University, USA
Marybeth Gasman, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Kijua Sanders-McMurtry, Georgia State University, USA
Nia Woods Haydel, Georgia State University, USA
Barbara Beatty, Wellesley College, USA
Andrea Knecht, Mississippi State University, USA
Claudia Keenan, Emory and Henry College, USA