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| Material Type: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
June Edwards |
| ISBN: | 0313319472 9780313319471 |
| OCLC Number: | 47216462 |
| Description: | xvii, 154 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Catharine Beecher : educating girls, homemakers, and teachers -- Elizabeth Palmer Peabody : educating young children -- Elizabeth Blackwell : medical and physical education for females -- Ellen Swallow Richards : science education for school, home and society -- Jane Addams : educating the immigrant poor -- Maria Montessori : educating children for independence -- Mary McLeod Bethune : educating African-American youth -- Helen Parkhurst : educating for responsibility with the Dalton Plan. |
| Series Title: | Contributions to the study of education, no. 81 |
| Responsibility: | June Edwards. |
Abstract:
Recounts the remarkable achievements of women who dared to defy customs, break legal barriers, and endure hardship and discrimination in order to provide education for girls, young children, female teachers, homemakers, disabled students, the immigrant poor, and African American youth--the people excluded from traditional institutions of their day. Excerpts from the women's own writings are provided as well as discussion of their unique teaching methods.
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