| Description |
xiii, 259 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
University of Queensland Press scholars' library |
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University of Queensland Press scholars' library.
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| Contents |
Includes index |
| Summary |
By the fourth quarter of the nineteenth century, there was in South Australia a clear ambivalence to women's education. On the one hand, legislators, reflecting the mores of their society, continued to impose traditional female education on state primary schoolgirls. But on the other, they also provided, as early as 1879, a clear pathway to tertiary education for girls. This thoroughly researched work, examines not only the causes of that ambivalence, but also the motives of the men and women who pursued the educational compaigns which led to the establishment of women's trade unions, an innovative female cooperative clothing factory, heightened political awareness among women, and their early enfranchisement. In doing so, she uses the term 'education' in its broadest sense. The book examines the educational developments which took place not only in the classroom and lecture theatre but also in the wider society. The book shows the diversity of women's formal education, ranging over the state primary schools, the Advanced School for Girls, the University of Adelaide, and selected private schools, with emphasis on Tormore House School. The ideals of British thought and practice were influential, though necessarily modified by South Australian conditions. Women of varied backgrounds participated in struggles for legislative and economic change. Some women, notably Catherine Helen Spence, Mary Lee, and Augusta Zadow, took part in several campaigns with immense vitality. By using diverse primary source materials, the author has shown some complexities of women's history and the profound influence their education had on the directions of society |
| Analysis |
South Australia |
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South Australia Women Education, 1875-1915 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [232]-250 |
| Notes |
In English |
| Subject |
Women -- Education -- Social aspects -- Australia -- South Australia.
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Women -- Political activity -- Australia -- South Australia -- History.
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Women -- Education -- Australia -- South Australia -- History.
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Women -- Suffrage -- Australia -- South Australia.
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| Author |
Jones, H.
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| LC no. |
84002207 |
| ISBN |
0702219347 |
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