| Women's Education in Early Modern Europe: A History, 1500Tto 1800 Contributor(s): Whitehead, Barbara (Author), Whitehead, Barbara (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0815324677 ISBN-13: 9780815324676 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $190.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1999 Annotation: This book works on the premise that an "educated" woman was in early modern Europe something quite different than an educated man. Education was understood as preparation for one's station in life. Women were not "uneducated" with regard to men - they were simply educated in a different manner and toward a different end. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Women's Studies - Education | History - History | Europe - General |
| Dewey: 371.822 |
| LCCN: 98-52002 |
| Lexile Measure: 1530 |
| Series: Studies in the History of Education (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.77" W x 8.82" (0.95 lbs) 276 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 16th Century - Chronological Period - 17th Century - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book chronicles 300 years of women's education during this time. Barabara Whitehead examines this history from a feminist perspective, pointing to the subversive actions of the women of this period that led to the formation of academia as we know it. |