A history of women's education in England /
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| Author / Creator: | Purvis, June |
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| Imprint: | Milton Keynes ; Philadelphia : Open University Press, 1991. |
| Description: | 158 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Gender and education series |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1152706 |
| Summary: | This book examines the education of working-class and middle-class girls between 1800-1914. It argues that an influential middle-class ideology advocated that all women should confine their activities to the home, as housewives and mothers. It held that women from the lower classes should be given instruction only in knowledge that was domestically useful, and that middle-class women should be allowed to develop accomplishments that would allow them to attract socially desirable suitors. |
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| Physical Description: | 158 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-149) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0335097758 |