London's Women Teachers - Gender, Class and Feminism, 1870-1930

Dina Copelman's investigation of the public and private lives of women teachers reveals a strikingly different model of gender and class identity than the orthodox one constructed by historians of middle-class gender roles and middle-class feminism. Consequently, while the book focuses on women teachers from the beginning of state education in 1870 up to 1930, it is also an examination of how gender, class and professional identities were shaped and perceived. While offering a significant original contribution to the social history of teachers, this book is also driven by a consideration of broader historiographical questions.

List of contents

I: Contexts: Gender, Class and Professionalism; 1: Looking For Work; 2: Class and Career; II: Work: Teachers and The London School System; 3: ‘A Great Adventure'; 4: Classroom Struggles; 5: ‘We do not Think that a Teacher's Duty is to Produce a Mere Human Machine' Teachers and Teaching; III: Lives: The Job, Activities and Relationships; 6: Becoming a Teacher; 7: The Products of an Intense Civilization; 8: Serving Two Masters; IV: Politics: Professionalism and Feminism in the Early Twentieth Century; 9: Professional Politics and Feminist Aspirations; 10: Equal and Different

About the author

Dina Copelman

Summary

Copelman offers an original contribution to the social history of teachers, investigating the public and private lives of women teachers examining how gender, class and professional identities were shaped and perceived.

Product details

• Authors: Dina Copelman, Copelman Dina
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.05.1996
• EAN: 9780415013123
• ISBN: 978-0-415-01312-3
• No. of pages: 312
• Weight: 640 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, EDUCATION / General, European History, HISTORY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Women, British & Irish history, Social and cultural history, Gender studies: women and girls, History and Archaeology, Education / Educational sciences / Pedagogy