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Nineteenth-Century British Women's Education, 1840-1900

  • Published: 29 Aug 2007
  • DOI: 10.4324/9780415376396
  • Set ISBN: 978-0-41537-639-6

This new six-volume collection from Routledge and Edition Synapse brings together key documents from the Victorian feminist campaign to establish and improve girls’ and women’s education. The set is divided into two sections, both of which incorporate materials that argue for the improvement of girls’ and women’s education as well as arguments made against education for girls and women. The first section focuses on the debate surrounding the quality of women’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 women’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 girls’ and women’s education, and women’s work as educators.

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Nineteenth-Century British Women’s Education, 1840–1900: Introduction

On Secondary Instruction, as relating to Girls., The Higher Education of Women, (London: Alexander Strahan, 1866), pp. 7–191.: Introductory, Ideals, Things as they are, Things as they Might be, Professional and Domestic Life, Specific Suggestions, Conclusion, Female Education, The Training of the Imagination, Thoughts on Some Questions Relating to Women, (Cambridge: Bowes and Bowes, 1910), pp. 1–200.: Questions Relating to Women, Female Physicians, Northumberland and Durham Branch of the Society for promoting the employment of women, 1861., Medicine as a profession for women, The influence of University Degrees on the education of women, On Secondary Instruction as relating to girls., Some account of a proposed new College for women, On the Influence upon Girls’ Schools of External Examinations, Special Systems of Education for Women, Home and the Higher Education, Women in the Universities of England and Scotland

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On Female Education., What Women are Educated for., Education., The English Woman’s Journal., The English Woman’s Journal., The English Woman’s Journal., XXV.—Tuition or Trade?, The Education of Women., The Victoria Magazine., On the Proposed Examination of Girls of the Professional and Middle Classes., Female Education., The Education of Women., The Medical and General Education of Women., The Education of Women of the Middle and Upper Classes., On Indirect Sources of Advanced Female Education., On the Education of Women., The Cry of the Women., The Powers of Women, and How to Use them., The Religious Education of Women., ‘The Englishwoman at school’, Quarterly Review, 146, (1878), pp. 40–69., Personal Recollections of Women’s Education., Art. IV.—1. Directory of Girls’ Societies, Clubs, and Unions., The Lower Education of Women.

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Working Women’s Education: Mechanics Institutes for Working Women, with Special Reference to the Manufacturing Districts of Yorkshire., The Victoria Magazine. December, 1866., III.—Education Amongst the Working Women of Huddersfield and Bradford., A College for Working Women., Education of Girls, Particularly Middle-Class Girls.: An Inquiry into the State of Girls’ Fashionable Schools., The English Woman’s Journal., XXV.—Middle Class Schools for Girls., XXXIII.—On the Education of Girls, with Reference to their Future Position., XX.—Training of Girls; or, the Vexed Problem., III.—Endowed Schools, Their Uses and Shortcomings., XXVII.—Science for Women., The Education of Grils, Considered in Connexion with the University Local Examinations., Girls’ Schools., Middle-Class Education in England., The Education of Girls., Hints on the Organization of Girls’ Schools., Miscellaneous., II.—Is Emulation a Lawful and Efficient Means of Promoting the Education of Women?, III.—What Results Should be Sought in the Education of Girls, and How are Such Results Most Likely to be Attained?, ‘Female Education’, Quarterly Review, 126, (1869), pp. 448–79., Girls’ Grammar Schools., The Education of Girls, its Present and its Future., Art. I.—Mixed Education., Mixed Education of Boys and Girls., An Experiment in Middle-Class Education., On The Education of Girls., Holes in the Education Net.,

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Women and Universities: Introductory Lecture., The Influence of University Degrees on the Education of Women., XLII.—The University of London and the Graduation of Women, Essay VII. The Education of Women, and How it Would be Affected by University Examinations., II.—The Proposed College For Women, A New College for Women., The Teaching of Science., The Medical Education of Women., A Conservative Plea for the Higher Education of Women., Art. III.—The Education of Girls: their Admissibility to Universities, Higher Education of Woman., The Use of Higher Education to Women., The Higher Education of Women., Women and The Universities., Against Oxford Degrees for Woman., Degrees for Women at Oxford., Degrees for Women at Cambridge., Art. X.—1. Report of the Degrees for Women Syndicate. Cambridge, March 1st, 1897., Sex and Mind in Education: XVI.—Why Boys are Cleverer than Girls., II.—Is There any Specific Distinction Between Male and Female Intellect?, VII.—Miss Becker’s Paper Read Before the British Association for the Advancement of Science., On the Separation of the Sexex in Education., On the Study of Science by Women., Sex in Mind and in Education., Sex in Mind and in Education: A Reply, Education.

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Evidence given before the Commisioners in London, by Miss Emily Davies, Examination of Miss Frances Buss., The Ladies’ College at Cheltenham, University Examinations for Women., Home Life, A Few Words to those who are Leaving., Addressl to Parents., Introduction., Care of Self., Special Faults of Teachers., The End of Term, Views of Life, and Their Influence on Education, Method., Womanhood., National Union for Improving the Education of Women, Education of Women, On the Organisation of Lectures and Classes for Women, Paper on the Special Requirements for Improving the Education of Girls., Public Meeting, II. The Women’s Educational Movement., Intellectual Education., The Work of the National Union., Journal of the Women’s Education Union., The Kindergarten: Principles of Frobel’s System, and their Bearing on The Education of Women, also Remarks on the Higher Education of Women, (London: Chapman and Hall, 1876), pp. 1–7, 42–60, 63–74.: Frobel’s System of Education., Fröbel’s System in Relation to Industrial Training and the Life of the People., Fröbel’s Appeal to Women., Higher Education of Women., Kindergarten Teachers and their Qualifications., College Education for Women., Some Modern Hindrances to Education., ‘The Work of the World and Women’s Share in It’, Journal of the Women’s Education Union, 9, (1881), pp. 34–37, 52–56, 68–72.: The Work of the World and Women’s Share in it. No. I., The Work of the World and Women’s Share in it. No. II.

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Teaching as a Profession for Women: Hints on the Modern Governess System, On the Social Position of Governesses, LVII.—Going a Governessing., The English Woman’s Journal. I.—The Profession of the Teacher, Remarks on the Education of Girls., Women as Educators, Project for Young Ladies as Schoolmistresses., II.—The London Association of Schoolmistresses, III. Education Considered as a Profession for Women, Work for Ladies in Elementary Schools, Elementary Teaching, a Profession for Ladies., Children’s Education: On Girls’ Industrial Training, On the Training and Supervision of Workhouse Girls., Home and School Education., IV.—Middle Class Schools for Girls., The Englishwoman’s Review. I.—Technical Education of Girls., The Victoria Magazine a Few Thoughts upon the Education of Girls., The English Girls Education., Workhouse Schools for Girls., A Woman’s View of Compulsory Education., Art. II.—The Establishment of Girls Public Middle Class Schools., A Few Words to the Mothers of Little Children., The other Side of the Question, The Education of Children, On the Education of Girls, A Village School., Chapter XXI. Resident Schools and Boarding-Houses., Mary Carpenter: Chapter III. The Girls., Address., LXIIL—On the Education of Pauper Girls., On Female Education in India., Female Education., Sara Burstall: Chapter I. The Aim of Girls’ Education., Chapter I. Rise and Development of Public Secondary Schools for Girls, 1850–1910.

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