Schools for Girls and Colleges for Women - A Handbook of Female Education Chiefly Designed for Use of Persons

This 1879 guide to educational establishments aims to assist parents in making informed choices about their daughters' education.

List of contents

1. Introductory; 2. Primary education; 3. Secondary education; 4. Secondary education (cont.); 5. Secondary education (cont.); 6. Secondary education (cont.); 7. Secondary education (cont.); 8. Secondary education (cont.); 9. Secondary education (cont.); 10. Higher, or university education; 11. Higher, or university education (cont.); 12. Higher, or university education (cont.); 13. The higher employment of women; 14. Higher employment (cont.); 15. Higher employment (cont.); 16. Higher employment (cont.); Advertisements.

Summary

The author of handbooks that reflected the Victorian emphasis on bettering one's prospects, Charles Eyre Pascoe (1842–1912) addressed the topic of female education in this work of 1879. Ranging in coverage from kindergarten to university, it was intended to assist parents in making informed choices about their daughters' education.

Product details

• Authors: Charles Eyre Pascoe
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2013
• EAN: 9781108066358
• ISBN: 978-1-108-06635-8
• No. of pages: 294
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / History, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education