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Women Educators, Leaders and Activists

Educational Lives and Networks 1900-1960

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Tanya Fitzgerald

    1. La Trobe University, Australia

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  2. Elizabeth M. Smyth

    1. University of Toronto, Canada

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction: Educational Lives and Networks

    • Tanya Fitzgerald, Elizabeth M. Smyth
    Pages 1-16

  3. Networks of Influence: Home Scientists at the University of New Zealand 1911–1941

    • Tanya Fitzgerald
    Pages 17-40

  4. Worlds Within Worlds: Canadian Women Religious, International Connections, Ecclesiastical Webs and the Secular State

    • Elizabeth M. Smyth
    Pages 41-57

  5. Courting Equality: Catholic Women and Agency in the Reconfiguration of University Education in Ireland

    • Judith Harford
    Pages 58-78

  6. Mana Wahine: Boundaries and Connections in the Career of a Māori Educational Leader: Bessie (Wene) Te Wenerau Grace (Sister Eudora CSC)

    • Kay Morris Matthews, Jonathan Mane-Wheoki
    Pages 79-95

  7. Performing Reforming and the Category of Age: Empire, Internationalism and Transnationalism in the Career of Reta Oldham, Headmistress

    • Joyce Goodman, Zoe Milsom
    Pages 96-120

  8. Mary Gutteridge: Transnational Careering in the Field of Early Childhood Education

    • Kay Whitehead
    Pages 121-151

  9. Henrietta Rodman and the Fight to Further Women’s Economic Autonomy

    • Patricia A. Carter
    Pages 152-178

  10. Lives, Networks and Topographies of Time and Place: New Turns in the History of Women and Education

    • Deirdre Raftery
    Pages 179-189

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 190-214
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This collection traces women educators' professional lives and the extent to which they challenged the gendered terrain they occupied. The emphasis is placed on women's historical public voices and their own interpretation of their 'selves' and 'lives' in their struggle to exercise authority in education.

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“Each of the chapters has been written in a way that draws the reader into the historical and chronological storyline of the individual women. … This reading is interesting for students and scholars focusing on the gendered dimensions of education and professions related to teaching. It is also full of insights for those searching for historical perspectives on women’s struggles in education and women’s history.” (Victoria Showunmi, History of Education, Vol. 46 (3), 2017)

"This reading is interesting for students and scholars focusing on the gendered dimensions of education and professions related to teaching. It is also insightful for those searching for historical perspectives on women's struggles in education and women's history. Furthermore, it will be productive for anyone looking at the history of education in Anglo-speaking countries." - Gender and Education

'In Women Educators, Leaders and Activists: Educational Lives and Networks 1900 1960, readers will find seven chapters, plus a useful introduction by the editors and a thoughtful conclusion by Deirdre Raftery, that contribute to an understanding of how women in the past understood, navigated, and shaped their worlds.' Historical Studies in Education

Editors and Affiliations

  • La Trobe University, Australia

    Tanya Fitzgerald

  • University of Toronto, Canada

    Elizabeth M. Smyth

About the editors

Patricia A Carter, Georgia State University, USA Joyce Goodman, University of Winchester, UK Judith Harford, University College Dublin, Ireland Zoe Milsom, University of Winchester, UK Kay Morris Matthews, Eastern Institute of Technology, New Zealand Deirdre Raftery, University College Dublin, Ireland Kay Whitehead, Flinders University, Australia

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