The Educational Work Of Womens Organizations 1890 1960

Author : A. Knupfer
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230610129
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Educational Work of Women’s Organizations, 1890–1960 written by A. Knupfer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-03-18 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores women's organizations and their various educational contributions through local, state, and national networks from 1890 to 1960. Contributors investigate how women united to support and sustain education in both formal and informal settings, and examine various associations.

Author : Katherine West Scheil
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 0801464226
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book She Hath Been Reading written by Katherine West Scheil and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late nineteenth century hundreds of clubs formed across the United States devoted to the reading of Shakespeare. From Pasadena, California, to the seaside town of Camden, Maine; from the isolated farm town of Ottumwa, Iowa, to Mobile, Alabama, on the Gulf coast, Americans were reading Shakespeare in astonishing numbers and in surprising places. Composed mainly of women, these clubs offered the opportunity for members not only to read and study Shakespeare but also to participate in public and civic activities outside the home. In She Hath Been Reading, Katherine West Scheil uncovers this hidden layer of intellectual activity that flourished in American society well into the twentieth century. Shakespeare clubs were crucial for women's intellectual development because they provided a consistent intellectual stimulus (more so than was the case with most general women's clubs) and because women discovered a world of possibilities, both public and private, inspired by their reading of Shakespeare. Indeed, gathering to read and discuss Shakespeare often led women to actively improve their lot in life and make their society a better place. Many clubs took action on larger social issues such as women's suffrage, philanthropy, and civil rights. At the same time, these efforts served to embed Shakespeare into American culture as a marker for learning, self-improvement, civilization, and entertainment for a broad array of populations, varying in age, race, location, and social standing. Based on extensive research in the archives of the Folger Shakespeare Library and in dozens of local archives and private collections across America, She Hath Been Reading shows the important role that literature can play in the lives of ordinary people. As testament to this fact, the book includes an appendix listing more than five hundred Shakespeare clubs across America.

Author : Tanya Fitzgerald
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137303522
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women Educators, Leaders and Activists written by Tanya Fitzgerald and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-23 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection traces women educators' professional lives and the extent to which they challenged the gendered terrain they occupied. The emphasis is placed on women's historical public voices and their own interpretation of their 'selves' and 'lives' in their struggle to exercise authority in education.

Author : Randi Storch
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 111854157X
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Working Hard for the American Dream written by Randi Storch and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-03-06 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working Hard for the American Dream examines the various economic, social, and political developments that shaped labor history in the United States from World War I until the present day. Presents an overview of labor history that also considers women workers, ethnic America, and post-World War II workers Incorporates the most recent scholarship in labor history Takes the story of labor up to the present day in a readable and accessible manner

Author : Jennifer Lynn Peterson
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822378914
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Education in the School of Dreams written by Jennifer Lynn Peterson and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-22 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the earliest years of cinema, travelogues were a staple of variety film programs in commercial motion picture theaters. These short films, also known as "scenics," depicted tourist destinations and exotic landscapes otherwise inaccessible to most viewers. Scenics were so popular that they were briefly touted as the future of film. But despite their pervasiveness during the early twentieth century, travelogues have been overlooked by film historians and critics. In Education in the School of Dreams, Jennifer Lynn Peterson recovers this lost archive. Through innovative readings of travelogues and other nonfiction films exhibited in the United States between 1907 and 1915, she offers fresh insights into the aesthetic and commercial history of early cinema and provides a new perspective on the intersection of American culture, imperialism, and modernity in the nickelodeon era. Peterson describes the travelogue's characteristic form and style and demonstrates how imperialist ideologies were realized and reshaped through the moving image. She argues that although educational films were intended to legitimate filmgoing for middle-class audiences, travelogues were not simply vehicles for elite ideology. As a form of instructive entertainment, these technological moving landscapes were both formulaic and also wondrous and dreamlike. Considering issues of spectatorship and affect, Peterson argues that scenics produced and disrupted viewers' complacency about their own place in the world.

Author : Kelly L. Marino
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479825212
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Votes for College Women written by Kelly L. Marino and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2024-04-09 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the College Equal Suffrage League’s work to advance the campaign for the Nineteenth Amendment The woman suffrage movement is often portrayed as having been led and organized by middle-aged women and mothers in stuffy, formal settings. This dominant account grossly neglects a significant demographic within the movement—college women. Between 1870 and 1910, the proportion of college women in the United States rose from 21 to 40 percent. By 1880, there were 155 private colleges in the Northeast and the South for female students and numerous coeducational institutions in the West. The widespread extension of academic training for women helped spur a well-organized campaign for female voting rights on college campuses, where suffragists found a new audience and stage to earn respect and support. Votes for College Women examines archives from the College Equal Suffrage League (CESL), established in 1900 as an affiliate of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, to illustrate the outsize and dynamic role that young women played in the woman suffrage movement. The book vividly illustrates how the CESL’s campaigns served a dual purpose: not only did they invigorate the Nineteenth Amendment campaign at a crucial moment, but they also brought about a profound transformation in the culture of women’s organizing and higher education. Furthermore, Kelly L. Marino argues that the CESL’s campaigns set trends in youth activism and helped lay the groundwork for later and more well-known college protests against gender inequality. Fascinating and timely, Votes for College Women shows how these brave women solidified the campus and the classroom as arenas for civic and social activism.

Author : Elizabeth Purdy
Publisher : Infobase Holdings, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1438183240
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Expanding Social Roles and Postwar Activism: 1938 to 1960 written by Elizabeth Purdy and published by Infobase Holdings, Inc. This book was released on 2020-02-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in engaging and accessible prose by experts in the field, this reference introduces readers to the "hidden" history of women in America from 1938 to 1960, bringing their achievements to light and helping them gain the recognition they deserve. Chapters include: Arts and Literature Business Education Entertainment Family Health Politics Science and Medicine Society.

Author : Tiffany K. Wayne
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 144087199X
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Women's Suffrage written by Tiffany K. Wayne and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-06-29 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the "everything" women's suffrage and Nineteenth Amendment book, coming just as the country celebrates the centenary of the constitutional amendment that finally brought the vote to all American women. Women's Suffrage: The Complete Guide to the Nineteenth Amendment tells the dramatic story of American women's long fight for the vote and passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. A veritable library on all things to do with suffrage and the Nineteenth Amendment, this reference tells the heroic stories of suffragists and brings to life the ideas and deeds of the organizations that made suffrage possible. Along the way, the book delves into less well-known stories, like the experiences of African American women during the fight for suffrage, the role of labor in the suffrage movement, and the special role of Western states in the fight for voting equality. The material analyzes key moments in the suffrage fight. A comprehensive document section brings to life the arguments for and against suffrage. Included among many primary sources are Jane Addams's provocative "If Men Were Seeking the Franchise" (1913), Carrie Chapman Catt's "Address to Congress on Women's Suffrage" (1917), and many more speeches, laws, and documents of all types.

Author : Christian Winterbottom
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040045308
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Community-based Transformational Learning in Early Childhood Settings written by Christian Winterbottom and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-06-03 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive, research-based resource illuminates the challenges and benefits of integrating community-based transformational learning (CBTL) experiences of teachers, students, and the community in early childhood settings. Balancing historical context with theoretical underpinnings, ongoing research, and current practice, this multi-authored volume demystifies the praxeology of CBTL. It uses annotated case studies to explore the importance of considering contextual factors (i.e., cultural practices, community health and demographics, and student level) that may influence what early-years students gain from CBTL experiences, and it encourages a community dialogue that is both challenging and affirming to support students' confidence in their own capacity to make a better world for all people. As the first CBTL book specific to early childhood settings, it is key reading for future teachers. It is also of great interest to current educators, administrators, and community organizers who want to help center CBTL as a vital part of early childhood curriculum.

Author : Michael B. Paulsen
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030034577
Total Pages : 670 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research written by Michael B. Paulsen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published annually since 1985, the Handbook series provides a compendium of thorough and integrative literature reviews on a diverse array of topics of interest to the higher education scholarly and policy communities. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of research findings on a selected topic, critiques the research literature in terms of its conceptual and methodological rigor and sets forth an agenda for future research intended to advance knowledge on the chosen topic. The Handbook focuses on a comprehensive set of central areas of study in higher education that encompasses the salient dimensions of scholarly and policy inquiries undertaken in the international higher education community. Each annual volume contains chapters on such diverse topics as research on college students and faculty, organization and administration, curriculum and instruction, policy, diversity issues, economics and finance, history and philosophy, community colleges, advances in research methodology and more. The series is fortunate to have attracted annual contributions from distinguished scholars throughout the world.