Women in American education, 1820-1955
Subtitle: the female force and educational reform
By: June Edwards.
Series: Contributions to the study of education -- no. 81.
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Westport, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
Subjects: Women in education -- United States -- History.; Women educators -- United States -- Biography.; Educational change -- United States -- History.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Catharine Beecher : educating girls, homemakers, and teachers; title: Elizabeth Palmer Peabody : educating young children; title: Elizabeth Blackwell : medical and physical education for females; title: Ellen Swallow Richards : science education for school, home and society; title: Jane Addams : educating the immigrant poor; title: Maria Montessori : educating children for independence; title: Mary McLeod Bethune : educating African-American youth; title: Helen Parkhurst : educating for responsibility with the Dalton Plan.