Nineteenth-Century British Women's Education, 1840–1900 Multiple-component retail product

Edited by Susan (Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada) Hamilton, Janice (Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada) Schroeder

Part of the History of Feminism series

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Description

This new six-volume collection from Routledge and Edition Synapse brings together key documents from the Victorian feminist campaign to establish and improve girlsâ€™ and womenâ€™s education.

The set is divided into two sections, both of which incorporate materials that argue for the improvement of girlsâ€™ and womenâ€™s education as well as arguments made against education for girls and women.

The first section focuses on the debate surrounding the quality of womenâ€™s education and the question of access to higher education for women.

This section also brings together documents from the feminist campaign with writing from the established press on the question of womenâ€™s higher education, and writings from the Social Sciences Association where many education reformers aired their views.

The second section concentrates on the strengths and successes of Victorian women as educators, and highlights some of the most influential women in the field of education during this era. Drawing widely on articles from the feminist and established press, government papers, newspapers, professional and association journals, as well as memoirs, addresses, pamphlets, and reviews, this essential collection gives researchers excellent and comprehensive access to nineteenth-century debates on improving girlsâ€™ and womenâ€™s education, and womenâ€™s work as educators.