A history of women's education in England
Purvis, June1991
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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.
Main title:
A history of women's education in England / June Purvis.
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Imprint:
Milton Keynes : Open University Press, 1991.
Collation:
[160]p. ; 23cm.
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Notes:
Includes bibliography and index.
ISBN:
9780335097753 (pbk)
Dewey class:
376.942
Language:
English
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BRN:
44786
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