This book examines women educationists in nineteenth and early twentieth century Britain. Exploring new avenues opened up by the latest research in gender studies the book reveals how women leaders were determined to transform education in the quest for a better society.

Mary Hilton is a Senior Lecturer in Education and Pam Hirsch is a Senior Research Associate at Homerton College, Cambridge.

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List of Contributors

Acknowledgements
Publisher's Acknowkdgements

Introduction Mary Hilton and Pam Hirsch

PART ONE: The Emergence of Progressive Women Educators

PART Two: The Struggle for Better Education for Middle-Class Women

PART THREE: Work and Professional Life for Lower Middle-Class Women

PART FOUR: The Poor Child - Women and the Progressive Challenge to the Elementary System

PART FIVE: Women Theorists in the Early Twentieth Century

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Index