'Beacons of Civilisation': The London School Board, Women Professionals, and Female Emancipation, 1870-1904

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-528911
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.52891

Dolan-Weber, Miriam

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Item type:	Thesis of the University of Regensburg (PhD)
Open Access Type:	"University Press"
Date:	8 February 2023
Referee:	Prof. Dr. Anne-Julia Zwierlein
Date of exam:	17 July 2020
Institutions:	Languages and Literatures > Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik Languages and Literatures > Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik > Lehrstuhl für Anglistik (Prof. Dr. Anna-Julia Zwierlein)
Keywords:	London School Board, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Female Emancipation, Lydia Becker, Feminism, Nineteenth Century, Education for women, Class, Victorian, National Progress, Professionalisation, Elementary Education Act, Philanthropy, Female Suffrage, Localism, Local Administration, Orality, Print Cultures, Periodicals, School Board Members, School Board Inspectors, Teacher Training, Women Teachers, Elementary Education, Reform Paedagogics, Pupil Teachers, Corporal Punishment, Physical Education, Rational Recreation, Domestic Education, Memoirs
Dewey Decimal Classification:	400 Language > 420 English
Status:	Published
Refereed:	Yes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of Regensburg:	Yes
Item ID:	52891

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Abstract (English)

In 1870, the Elementary Education Act brought compulsory primary schooling and with it the active and passive female franchise for the newly established School Boards. This study examines how women discussed these new rights and generated opportunities for women in the election campaigns, administration and teaching profession. I also show how the London School Board implemented the ideological ...

Translation of the abstract (German)

Im Jahr 1870 brachte der Elementary Education Act allgemeine Grundschulbildung. Gleichzeitig durften Frauen für die neuen Schulräte kandidieren und wählen. Meine Studie untersucht, wie Frauen ihre neuen Rechte diskutierten und neue Möglichkeiten für Frauen schafften. Ich zeige auch, wie der Londoner Schulrat das ideologische Programm einer reformierten Arbeiterklasse in der Hoffnung auf eine verbesserte nächste Generation umsetzte.

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