Title Schooling German girls and women : secondary and higher education in the nineteenth century / James C. Albisetti

Published Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1988] ©1988

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Description 1 online resource (355 pages) : illustrations Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- ONE. The German Ideal of Womanhood and Education -- TWO. The Rise of the Higher Girls' Schools -- THREE. The Rise of Women Teachers to the 1870s -- FOUR. The First Wave of Reform, 1865-1879 -- FIVE. The Petition Campaigns, 1887-1894 -- SIX. The Debate over Woman's Nature and Place -- SEVEN. Propaganda of the Deed -- EIGHT. The Decisive Reforms in Female Education -- NINE. Aftermath, Comparisons, and Conclusions -- Glossary -- Bibliographical Note -- Index Summary James Albisetti provides the first comprehensive study in any language of the development of secondary schools for girls in the various German states during the nineteenth century, and of the struggles waged by women after 1865 to gain access to higher education and the liberal professions. Through comparisons with contemporaneous developments in other European countries, he points out what was typical and what unique in the German experience in such areas as the operation and curricula of girls' schools, the opportunities for women teachers, the debates over increased educational and employment opportunities for women, and the strategies and tactics adopted by feminist organizations.The work is based on a wide variety of published sources and on the previously unexplored archives of the Prussian Ministry of Education. Topics discussed include the divisions between feminists interested in separate educational institutions for women and those wanting coeducational study at both the secondary and the university levels, and the impact of feminists on the major educational reforms introduced in Prussia and other German states between 1900 and 1910. Acknowledging that German women gained the right to matriculate at domestic universities later than did their sisters in most other European countries, the author suggests that an examination of the entire spectrum of educational and employment opportunities for women reveals no discernable German Sonderweg, or special path of modernization, in this area.Originally published in 1989.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905 Analysis Feminism History 19th century Germany Geschichte 1800-1900 Women Education (Higher) History 19th century Germany Women Education (Secondary) History 19th century Germany Women teachers History 19th century Germany Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2024. HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Women -- Education (Secondary) -- Germany -- History -- 19th century Women -- Education (Higher) -- Germany -- History -- 19th century Women teachers -- Germany -- History -- 19th century Feminism -- Germany -- History -- 19th century EDUCATION -- General. Feminism Women -- Education (Higher) Women -- Education (Secondary) Women teachers Voortgezet onderwijs. Hoger onderwijs. Vrouwen. Leerkrachten. Women -- Education (Secondary) -- Germany -- History -- 19th century. Women -- Education (Higher) -- Germany -- History -- 19th century. Germany Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 88009991 ISBN 9781400859795 1400859794

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