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'Special strengths for their own special duties': women, higher education and gender conservatism in late Victorian Britain

Bush, J. F. (2005) 'Special strengths for their own special duties': women, higher education and gender conservatism in late Victorian Britain. History of Education. 34(4), pp. 387-405. 1464-5130.

Item Type: Article
Abstract: The article discusses contributions towards female higher education made by a group of women whose views on gender roles were conservative, rather than feminist or suffragist. Four women's conservative ideals and interconnected work for women's education are reviewed in the context of late Victorian Oxford. This study is prefaced by a discussion of historical literature on women's higher education which concludes that twentieth century feminist historians have sometimes downplayed the role of reformers who deliberately disassociated women's educational reform from the advance of gender equality. A study of conservative reformers complicates definitions both of feminism and anti-feminism, and provides an important reminder of the broader intellectual and political contexts which produced them both
Additional Information: RAE2008 UoA62
Uncontrolled Keywords: Higher Education; Educational Change; Womens Education; Feminism; Females; Sex Role; Political Attitudes; Ideology; Educational History; Activism
Subjects: L Education > LA History of education
H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Women > HQ1101 Women. Feminism
L Education > LC Special aspects of Education > LC1401 Women. Girls
Creators: Bush, Julia F
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes: University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Education & Humanities > History
Faculties > Faculty of Education & Humanities > History
Date: 1 July 2005
Date Type: Publication
Page Range: pp. 387-405
Journal or Publication Title: History of Education
Volume: 34
Number: 4
Language: English
ISSN: 1464-5130
Status: Published / Disseminated
Refereed: Yes
URI: http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/241

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