Knowing Women: Origins of Women's Education in Nineteenth-Century Australia (Studies in Australian History) by Marjorie R. Theobald - 1998-01-13

Cambridge University Press, 1998. Book. Good. Paperback. Signed by Author(s). Good pictorial softcover. 1998. SIGNED/Inscribed by AUTHOR on half title page. HIGHLIGHTING TO PAGES (blue). Name written to front text edge. Light edgewear. BInding solid. 294 pp..

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. ix, 294pp, index, bibliography, notes, bw ills. Or card. Prev owner name on half-title page. Comprehensive study of women's education in 19th century Australia. As well as some strikign individual experiences the book covers the evolution of the teaching profession; the entry of women into universities and the professions; the hitherto lost history of private ladies academies and their proprietors; the establishment by both church and state of new, academic secondary schools; the experience of compulsory elementary education for girls and an incisive and moving study of the schooling of 'outcast' girls.. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Cambridge Univ Pr, 1996. Paperback. New. 320 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches.

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Cambridge Univ Pr, 1996. Paperback. New. 320 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. Knowing Women is a comprehensive study of female education in nineteenth-century Australia, placed in international perspective. Covering a wide range of topics, Theobald's study is rich in narrative detail. Writing with verve and economy, she shows how education could both open and restrict opportunities for women.

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