Education and missionary activities in nineteenth century Palestine -- Quaker missionary women in Ramallah, 1889-1914 : first encounters -- The American Quaker teachers changing attitudes to their Palestinian students and culture after World War I -- Changing the women : the impact of teachers and curriculum -- The dogmas of domesticity, nationalism, and feminism among Palestinian students.
Summary
This book examines the American Quaker educational enterprise in Palestine since its establishment in the late nineteenth century during the Ottoman rule and into the British Mandate period. Quaker education intersected with national and social forces and allowed for Palestinian girls' negotiation of multiple discourses about nationalism, womanhood, and motherhood.
