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Author Okkenhaug, Inger Marie

Title The quality of heroic living, of high endeavour and adventure : Anglican mission, women, and education in Palestine, 1888-1948 / by Inger Marie Okkenhaug
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xxxvii, 357 pages) : illustrations
Series Studies in Christian mission, 0924-9389 ; v. 27
Studies in Christian mission ; v. 27. 0924-9389
Contents THE QUALITY OF HEROIC LIVING, OF HIGH ENDEAVOUR AND ADVENTURE; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter One The Jerusalem and East Mission and Female Education, 1888-1914; 1. Background: Protestant Mission in Ottoman Palestine; 2. The Jerusalem and East Mission and Work among Women; 3. J & EM, Women and Education, 1888-1914; 4. World War I: New Demands for Palestinian Women; Chapter Two The Mandatory Educational System, The Jerusalem High School and College, and the English High School for Girls, Haifa; 1. The Educational System in Mandatory Palestine, 1918-1948
2. Establishing The Jerusalem Girls' High School and The English High School for Girls, Haifa Chapter Three ""To Keep Alight the Torch of Civilisation"". The Educational Project: Women and Modernisation; 1. The Anglican Church As the ""Spiritual Arm"" of British Rule: Education and Relations with Government Authorities in Jerusalem; 2. The Missionary Aspect of Educational Work; 3. Education and the Development of a Modern Palestinian Society; Chapter Four Domestic Training or Academic Qualifications?
Chapter Five ""To Nourish a Sense of Common Palestinian Citizenship"": The Arab-Jewish Conflict and the Anglican Project1. The Anglican Church and the Basis of the Mandate; 2. The Anglican Educational Strategy versus Nationalities; 3. The League of Nations Ideal after the 1929 Riots; Chapter Six From Neutrality to Critic of Mandate Policy: Women Teachers and the Arab-Jewish Conflict; 1. Independent Woman Missionary versus Anglican Employees and Strategies for Influence; 2. Mabel Warburton and a British University in Palestine
Chapter Seven Anglican Women Teachers: Their Social, Religious, and Educational Background1. Missionaries or Educators; 2. Social Background: The Lady Teacher; 3. Women Principals, Individual Powers, and Limits of Authority; Chapter Eight The Modern Missionary: Professional Teacher and Female Role Model; Chapter Nine The Graduates and Post-School Life; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; INDEX; STUDIES IN CHRISTIAN MISSION
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 342-350) and index
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Subject Church of England -- Education -- Palestine -- History -- 19th century
Church of England -- Education -- Palestine -- History -- 20th century
SUBJECT Church of England fast
Subject Women -- Education -- Palestine
Missions -- Educational work -- Palestine
Sex differences in education -- Palestine
Women missionaries -- Palestine
EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
Education
Missions -- Educational work
Sex differences in education
Women -- Education
Women missionaries
Mission
Anglikanische Kirche
Frauenbildung
Anglicaanse Kerk.
Opvoeding.
Zending.
Vrouwen.
Middle East -- Palestine
Palästina
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004320062
9004320067