Froebelian Women: Networking To Promote Professional Status and Educational Change in the Nineteenth Century.

Read, Jane

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ERIC Number: EJ678399

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Publication Date: 2003

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Froebelian Women: Networking To Promote Professional Status and Educational Change in the Nineteenth Century.

Read, Jane

History of Education, v32 n1 p17-33 Jan 2003

Explores four women's networking activities that promoted Fredrich Froebel's kindergarten pedagogy from 1840-1900. Describes how the movemen created Froebelian organizational infrastructures, affecting national and religious boundaries and providing a support system for middle class members, political lobbies, leadership, and recognition for kindergarten teachers. (KDR)

Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Research, Females, Gender Issues, Kindergarten, Middle Class, Preschool Teachers, Professional Recognition

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Note: History of Education is a refereed journal.