Practical Visionaries: Women, Education and Social Progress, 1790-1930

by Hilton; Mary

• ISBN13: 9780582404311
• ISBN10: 0582404312
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2000-02-29
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book examines women educationists in nineteenth and early twentieth century Britain. Exploring new avenues opened up by the latest research in gender studies the book reveals how women leaders were determined to transform education in the quest for a better society.

Author Biography

Dr Anne Bloomfield is Reader in Arts Education at Nottingham Trent University Dr Kevin J. Brehony is a Senior Lecturer in Education, Department of Education Studies and Management, the University of Reading Norma Clarke is a Research Fellow in the Department of English at Kingston University Dr Peter Cunningham is Reader in the History of Education at Homerton College, Cambridge Mary Jane Drummond is a Lecturer in primary education, University of Cambridge School of Education Dr Elizabeth Edwards is a Senior Research Associate at Homerton College, Cambridge Mary Hilton is a Senior Lecturer in Primary Language and Literature at Homerton College, Cambridge Dr Pam Hirsch is a Senior Research Associate of Homerton College, Cambridge and a member of the English Faculty and Education Faculty of the University of Cambridge Prof. Jane Miller taught in the English Department of the University of London Institute of Education until 1998 Dr Hilary Minns is a Lecturer in English Studies in the Institute of Education at the University of Warwick Dr Wendy Robinson is a Lecturer in Education at the Institute of Education, University of Warwick Dr Gillian Sutherland is Fellow, Gwatkin Lecturer and Director of Studies in History at Newnham College, Cambridge Dr Ruth Watts is a Senior Lecturer, University of Birmingham. She is History Tutor in the School of Education

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Illustrations	vii
List of Contributors	ix
Acknowledgements	xii
Publisher's Acknowledgements	xiiii
Introduction	1	(18)
Mary Hilton
Pam Hirsch
PART ONE: The Emergence of Progressive Women Educators	19	(48)
`Child of Reason': Anna Barbauld and the Origins of Progressive Pedagogy	21	(18)
Mary Hilton
Mary Carpenter: Educator of the Children of the `Perishing and Dangerous Classes'	39	(13)
Ruth Watts
Catherine McAuley and the Education of Irish Roman Catholic Children in the Mid-Nineteenth Century	52	(15)
Hilary Minns
PART TWO: The Struggle for Better Education for Middle-Class Women	67	(62)
Anna Jameson: `The Idol of Thousands of Young Ladies'	69	(15)
Norma Clarke
Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon: Feminist Leader and Founder of the First University College for Women	84	(17)
Pam Hirsch
Anne Jemima Clough and Blanche Athena Clough: Creating Educational Institutions for Women	101	(14)
Gillian Sutherland
Clara Collet's Dissenting Inheritance and the Education of Women	115	(14)
Jane Miller
PART THREE: Work and Professional Life for Lower Middle-Class Women	129	(36)
Sarah Jane Bannister and Teacher Training in Transition 1870--1918	131	(18)
Wendy Robinson
Mary Miller Allan: The Complexity of Gender Negotiations for a Woman Principal of a Teacher Training College	149	(16)
Elizabeth Edwards
PART FOUR: The Poor Child -- Women and the Progressive Challenge to the Elementary System	165	(36)
`Mrs Roadknight Reports...': Jane Roadknight's Visionary Role in Transforming Elementary Education	167	(16)
Anne Bloomfield
English Revisionist Froebelians and the Schooling of the Urban Poor	183	(18)
Kevin J. Brehony
PART FIVE: Women Theorists in the Early Twentieth Century	201	(34)
The Montessori Phenomenon: Gender and Internationalism in Early Twentieth-Century Innovation	203	(18)
Peter Cunningham
Susan Isaacs: Pioneering Work in Understanding Children's Lives	221	(14)
Mary Jane Drummond
Select Bibliography	235	(6)
Index	241