'Allowed and Expected To be Educated and Intelligent': The Education of Quaker Girls in Nineteenth Century England.

Mackinnon, Alison; Allen, Kerri

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Publication Date: 1998

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'Allowed and Expected To be Educated and Intelligent': The Education of Quaker Girls in Nineteenth Century England.

Mackinnon, Alison; Allen, Kerri

History of Education, v27 n4 p391-402 Dec 1998

Describes the education provided to girls in the Meeting Schools that were eleven Quaker schools created by the Society of Friends in nineteenth-century England and also in private schools and home-based education. Addresses the relationship between education and the disproportionate representation of Quaker women in nineteenth-century social reform and philanthropy. (CMK)

Descriptors: Beliefs, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Gender Issues, Private Schools, Public Schools, Religious Factors, Social Action, Social Class

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)

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