Schoolsmart and motherwise
Subtitle: working-class women's identity and schooling
By: Wendy Luttrell.
Series: Perspectives on gender; Perspectives on gender (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
Subjects: Adult education of women -- Social aspects -- United States.; Group identity -- United States.; Feminism and education -- United States.; Working class women -- United States -- Biography.
Other titles: School smart and mother wise
Description: In what ways can schooling hinder a person's sense of social standing and self-worth? Drawing upon the school experiences and life stories of working-class women - black and white, rural and urban, southern and northern - Wendy Luttrell examines how schools shortchange women, both when they are children and when they return to school as adults. In so doing, Schoolsmart and Motherwise offers fresh explanations and practical suggestions for school reform and adult literacy education.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-160) and indexes.