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"The chapters in this edited collection train the intellectual spotlight on women educators to trace the contours of their professional lives and the extent to which they challenged the gendered terrain they occupied. The emphasis is on women's historical public voices and their own interpretation of their 'selves' and 'lives' in their struggle to exercise authority in education at a particular historical moment and in a particular culture. Framing each of the women educators as agents of their own livesemphasizes their individual consciousness and ability to act within their own professional sphere. Thus, women need to be viewed in terms of the historical context in which they lived and the social positions they occupied"--
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1. Introduction: Educational Lives and Networks; Tanya Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Smyth 2. Networks of Influence: Home Scientists at the University of New Zealand 1911-1941; Tanya Fitzgerald 3. Worlds within Worlds: Canadian Women Religious, International Connections, Ecclesiastical Webs and the Secular State; Elizabeth Smyth 4. Courting Equality: Catholic Women and Agency in the Reconfiguration of University Education in Ireland; Judith Harford 5. Mana Wahine: Boundaries and Connections in the Career of a M?ori Educational Leader Bessie (Wene) Te Wenerau Grace (Sister Eudora CSC) ; Kay Morris Matthews 6. Performing Reforming and the Category of Age: Empire, Internationalism and Transnationalism in the Career of Reta Oldham, Headmistress; Joyce Goodman and Zoe Milsom 7. Mary Gutteridge (1887-1962): Transnational Careering in the Field of Early Childhood Education; Kay Whitehead 8. Henrietta Rodman and the Fight to Further Women's Economic Autonomy; Patricia A. Carter 9. Lives, Networks and Topographies of Time and Place: New Turns in the History of Women and Education; Deirdre Raftery
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"Each of the chapters has been written in a way that draws the reader into the historical and chronological storyline of the individual women. ... This reading is interesting for students and scholars focusing on the gendered dimensions of education and professions related to teaching. It is also full of insights for those searching for historical perspectives on women's struggles in education and women's history." (Victoria Showunmi, History of Education, Vol. 46 (3), 2017)
"This reading is interesting for students and scholars focusing on the gendered dimensions of education and professions related to teaching. It is also insightful for those searching for historical perspectives on women's struggles in education and women's history. Furthermore, it will be productive for anyone looking at the history of education in Anglo-speaking countries." - Gender and Education
'In Women Educators, Leaders and Activists: Educational Lives and Networks 1900 1960, readers will find seven chapters, plus a useful introduction by the editors and a thoughtful conclusion by Deirdre Raftery, that contribute to an understanding of how women in the past understood, navigated, and shaped their worlds.' Historical Studies in Education
