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By Patricia A. Carter

Providing a complete examine twentieth-century collaborations among woman lecturers and the women's circulation, this quantity highlights the feminist ideologies, recommendations, and rationales pursued by means of lecturers looking for greater places of work. Carter chronicles the evolution of rights for lady lecturers, overlaying such vital social and fiscal themes as suffrage, equivalent pay for equivalent paintings, the appropriate to marry and take maternity leaves, entry to administrative positions, the proper to foyer and discount jointly, and the proper to take part in political and social reform routine outdoor the place of work. A shiny account of the management roles academics performed within the women's flow, this ebook clarifies the significance of feminist ideologies in shaping the ideas and rationales educators used to remodel their career. This ebook is a daring contribution to the historical past of operating ladies.

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Yet in many of our states women have been almost entirely ignored in the management of our Public School. A school board composed entirely of men—even properly qualified men—cannot fill the requirements of the ideal board, for it lacks a very essential element—the qualities of the mother heart and soul. (pp. 299–300) Helen L. Grenfell (1909), ex-superintendent of public instruction for Denver, Colorado, echoed this sentiment when she proclaimed, “A woman on the school board ought to be regarded as a matter of course and of necessity” (pp.

Schools as Patriarchal Structures The meaning that this has for teachers and educational institutions is complex. Following one scenario, we can see that the traditional belief that gender differentiation is natural in our culture is reinforced by educational policies in which female and male students are expected to behave differently and have different destinies. Teachers, career counselors, and administrators cooperate in preparing girls and boys for their different futures. Employers further reinforce these assumptions by dividing the workplace into jobs segregated by sex.

This is possible because patriarchy functions at two elemental levels: private and public (Brown, 1987). The private patriarchy has traditionally controlled women through the family by making the husband the sole owner of the wife’s labor, both productive and reproductive. The public patriarchy operates through and requires the cooperation of maledominated public institutions that are religious, governmental, cultural, social, and educational. In turn these institutions help create public policy that influences and reinforces family norms and roles.

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