Women Educators, Leaders and Activists: Educational Lives and Networks 1900-1960

by Tanya Fitzgerald, Elizabeth M. Smyth

Overview

This collection traces women educators' professional lives and the extent to which they challenged the gendered terrain they occupied. The emphasis is placed on women's historical public voices and their own interpretation of their 'selves' and 'lives' in their struggle to exercise authority in education.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137303523
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date:	07/23/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	214
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Patricia A Carter, Georgia State University, USA Joyce Goodman, University of Winchester, UK Judith Harford, University College Dublin, Ireland Zoe Milsom, University of Winchester, UK Kay Morris Matthews, Eastern Institute of Technology, New Zealand Deirdre Raftery, University College Dublin, Ireland Kay Whitehead, Flinders University, Australia

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Educational Lives and Networks; Tanya Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Smyth 2. Networks of Influence: Home Scientists at the University of New Zealand 1911–1941; Tanya Fitzgerald 3. Worlds within Worlds: Canadian Women Religious, International Connections, Ecclesiastical Webs and the Secular State; Elizabeth Smyth 4. Courting Equality: Catholic Women and Agency in the Reconfiguration of University Education in Ireland; Judith Harford 5. Mana Wahine: Boundaries and Connections in the Career of a M?ori Educational Leader Bessie (Wene) Te Wenerau Grace (Sister Eudora CSC) ; Kay Morris Matthews 6. Performing Reforming and the Category of Age: Empire, Internationalism and Transnationalism in the Career of Reta Oldham, Headmistress; Joyce Goodman and Zoe Milsom 7. Mary Gutteridge (1887–1962): Transnational Careering in the Field of Early Childhood Education; Kay Whitehead 8. Henrietta Rodman and the Fight to Further Women's Economic Autonomy; Patricia A. Carter 9. Lives, Networks and Topographies of Time and Place: New Turns in the History of Women and Education; Deirdre Raftery

Editorial Reviews

Each of the chapters has been written in a way that draws the reader into the historical and chronological storyline of the individual women. … This reading is interesting for students and scholars focusing on the gendered dimensions of education and professions related to teaching. It is also full of insights for those searching for historical perspectives on women’s struggles in education and women’s history.” (Victoria Showunmi, History of Education, Vol. 46 (3), 2017)

"This reading is interesting for students and scholars focusing on the gendered dimensions of education and professions related to teaching. It is also insightful for those searching for historical perspectives on women's struggles in education and women's history. Furthermore, it will be productive for anyone looking at the history of education in Anglo-speaking countries." - Gender and Education

'In Women Educators, Leaders and Activists: Educational Lives and Networks 1900 1960, readers will find seven chapters, plus a useful introduction by the editors and a thoughtful conclusion by Deirdre Raftery, that contribute to an understanding of how women in the past understood, navigated, and shaped their worlds.' Historical Studies in Education

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