Country schoolwomen
Subtitle: teaching in rural California, 1850-1950
By: Kathleen Weiler.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
Subjects: Women teachers -- California -- History -- 19th century; Women teachers -- California -- History -- 20th century; Education, Rural -- California -- History -- 19th century; Education, Rural -- California -- History -- 20th century; Women teachers -- California -- Social conditions -- 19th century; Women teachers -- California -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Other titles: Country school women
Description: Focusing on the lives and work of women teachers in two rural California counties from 1850 to 1950, Country Schoolwomen explores the social context of teaching, seeking to understand what teaching meant to women teachers, what it provided them, and how it shaped their categories of experience.

Through the lens of their lives, the author examines the growth of state control over schools, the irrevocable impact of powerful economic and political changes on small-town life, and the patterns of racism that have divided California since the earliest European settlements.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-328) and index.