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A history of women's education in England / June Purvis.

Title
A history of women's education in England / June Purvis.
Author
Purvis, June
Publication
Milton Keynes ; Philadelphia : Open University Press, 1991.

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Description
158 p.; 22 cm.
Summary
Examines the education of working-class and middle-class girls between 1800-1914. The book argues that an influential middle-class ideology advocated that all women should confine their activities to the home, as housewives and mothers, but many women struggled against this view.
Series Statement
Gender and education series
Uniform Title
Gender and education series
Subject
  • 1800-1999
  • Geschichte 1800-1914
  • Women > Education > History > England > 19th century
  • Women > Education > History > England > 20th century
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-149) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
0335097758
LCCN
^^^90027369^
OCLC
  • 22907368
  • SCSB-10624400
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library