The Educational Work of Women’s Organizations, 1890–1960
Title | The Educational Work of Women’s Organizations, 1890–1960 PDF eBook |
Author | A. Knupfer |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 254 |
Release | 2008-03-18 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 0230610129 |
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.
The Education of Women in the United States
Title | The Education of Women in the United States PDF eBook |
Author | Averil McClelland |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 246 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 9780824048426 |
First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Work of Women's Organizations in Education
Title | The Work of Women's Organizations in Education PDF eBook |
Author | Elmer Ellsworth Brown |
Publisher | |
Pages | 5 |
Release | 1908 |
Genre | Women |
ISBN |
She Hath Been Reading
Title | She Hath Been Reading PDF eBook |
Author | Katherine West Scheil |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2012-05-08 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0801464226 |
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.
Women Educators, Leaders and Activists
Title | Women Educators, Leaders and Activists PDF eBook |
Author | Tanya Fitzgerald |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 300 |
Release | 2014-07-23 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1137303522 |
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.
Working Hard for the American Dream
Title | Working Hard for the American Dream PDF eBook |
Author | Randi Storch |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 236 |
Release | 2013-03-06 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 111854157X |
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
Education in the School of Dreams
Title | Education in the School of Dreams PDF eBook |
Author | Jennifer Lynn Peterson |
Publisher | Duke University Press |
Pages | 402 |
Release | 2013-05-22 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 0822378914 |
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.