Women teachers and feminist politics, 1900-1939
By: Alison Oram.
Publisher: Manchester University Press; Distributed exclusively in the USA and Canada by St Martin's Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Manchester, UK; New York; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: Feminism and education -- United States -- History.; Women teachers -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Feminism -- United States -- History.
Description: Women teachers were key players in twentieth century feminism. They fought for women's suffrage before the First World War and continued their vigorous campaigns for equal pay, equal promotion opportunities and abolition of the marriage bar into the less promising political environment of the 1920s and 1930s. This book is the first to offer a detailed assessment of why women teachers were so politically active, and makes an important contribution to the literature on women's politicisation.

Drawing on interviews with women teachers (in state elementary and secondary schools) as well as the records of teachers' associations and central and local government, it explores the tensions in the relationship between their position at the workplace and their family lives and unravels the connections and dissonances between how they saw themselves as both women and professional teachers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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