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Learning the Hard Way

Women's Oppression in Men's Education

Authors:

  1. Lorraine Biddlecombe
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  2. Julie Browne
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  3. Berni Charlton
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  4. Helena Dowden
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  5. Carmen Northcott
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  6. Jane Onslow
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  7. Judith Priestley
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  8. Jane Thompson
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Part of the book series: Women in Society (WOSO)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. The truth about our lives

    • Lorraine Biddlecombe, Julie Browne, Berni Charlton, Helena Dowden, Carmen Northcott, Jane Onslow et al.
    Pages 1-41

  3. Prisoners of gender

    • Lorraine Biddlecombe, Julie Browne, Berni Charlton, Helena Dowden, Carmen Northcott, Jane Onslow et al.
    Pages 42-64

  4. The obstacle race

    • Lorraine Biddlecombe, Julie Browne, Berni Charlton, Helena Dowden, Carmen Northcott, Jane Onslow et al.
    Pages 65-109

  5. Deals and Dilemmas

    • Lorraine Biddlecombe, Julie Browne, Berni Charlton, Helena Dowden, Carmen Northcott, Jane Onslow et al.
    Pages 110-125

  6. Worming into women’s studies

    • Lorraine Biddlecombe, Julie Browne, Berni Charlton, Helena Dowden, Carmen Northcott, Jane Onslow et al.
    Pages 126-139

  7. Doing it for ourselves

    • Lorraine Biddlecombe, Julie Browne, Berni Charlton, Helena Dowden, Carmen Northcott, Jane Onslow et al.
    Pages 140-161

  8. Beware the backlash

    • Lorraine Biddlecombe, Julie Browne, Berni Charlton, Helena Dowden, Carmen Northcott, Jane Onslow et al.
    Pages 162-208
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About this book

Learning the Hard Way is a unique book written by more than sixty predominantly working-class women who draw on their own experiences to talk about education and its relation to their lives and struggles. The authors show how the education they received was inappropriate and oppressive, explain how the education system should be changed to serve women's needs and discuss how the current anti-feminist climate intensifies the backlash against all women.
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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Learning the Hard Way

  • Book Subtitle: Women's Oppression in Men's Education

  • Authors: Lorraine Biddlecombe, Julie Browne, Berni Charlton, Helena Dowden, Carmen Northcott, Jane Onslow, Judith Priestley, … Jane Thompson

  • Series Title: Women in Society

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19884-9

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1989

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 208

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Gender and Education, Sociology of Education

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