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Author

Edwards, June, 1934-

Title Women in American education, 1820-1955 : the female force and educational reform / June Edwards.

Imprint

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, c2002.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe 3rd Floor Stacks	370.82 Ed96w 2002	---	Available

Description	xvii, 154 p. ; 25 cm.
Series	Contributions to the study of education ; no. 81
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Subject	Women in education -- United States -- History.
	Women educators -- United States -- Biography.
	Educational change -- United States -- History.
ISBN	0313319472 (alk. paper)