Preface Introduction The Dictionary Appendix: Timeline of Women's Educational History in the United States Selected Bibliography Index
LINDA EISENMANN is Assistant Professor of Education in the doctoral program at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, where she teaches the history of higher education and the history of urban schooling.
"[This] is a captivating collection of original essays on the
history of women's institutions, organizations, and reform efforts
as well as biographical accounts of notable school founders and
advocates for women's education. The Dictionary brings together,
for the first time, scholarship on immigrant women, ethnic
institutions and the work of religious minorities, new scholarship
on African American educators, and the educational and
social-reform work of women associated with organizations for young
girls. It is the "new work" that we all have been waiting
for."-Sally Schwager Lecturer on Education and Director, Women's
History Institute Harvard Graduate School of Education
"An enormously useful reference for anyone interested in women's
history or the history of education. Linda Eisenmann has brought
together a rich and wide-ranging collection of entries which
illustrate the diversity of institutions, organizations, and
sources from which women gained their education. Particularly
notable is the way the volume honors the traditional history of
women's education and at the same time captures the experiences of
minorities and other groups about whom much less has been
written."-Barbara Beatty Associate Professor of Education Wellesley
College
?Highly recommended for libraries with education
collections.?-Choice
?The book is a valuable contribution to scholarship in women's
studies and will be an important addition to reference collections
in academic, special, and public libraries.?-ARBA
?The dictionary, a user-friendly text that covers a timespan from
the colonial period to the present, provides a comprehensive
reference tool for scholars, educators, students, and general
readers who are interested in women's education and
history.?-Harvard Education Review
?This reviewer is aware of no comparable reference work that
combines both biographical and historical materials on the subject
of women's education in the United States into a single
encyclopedia handbook....Historical Dictionary of Women's Education
in the United States is recommended for academic, public, and
high-school libraries.?-Reference & User Service Quarterly
?This volume is a valuable resource for learning about the
educational history of women in the U.S. It would be a useful
reference tool in academic and large public
libraries.?-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
"Highly recommended for libraries with education
collections."-Choice
"The book is a valuable contribution to scholarship in women's
studies and will be an important addition to reference collections
in academic, special, and public libraries."-ARBA
"The dictionary, a user-friendly text that covers a timespan from
the colonial period to the present, provides a comprehensive
reference tool for scholars, educators, students, and general
readers who are interested in women's education and
history."-Harvard Education Review
"This volume is a valuable resource for learning about the
educational history of women in the U.S. It would be a useful
reference tool in academic and large public
libraries."-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
"This reviewer is aware of no comparable reference work that
combines both biographical and historical materials on the subject
of women's education in the United States into a single
encyclopedia handbook....Historical Dictionary of Women's Education
in the United States is recommended for academic, public, and
high-school libraries."-Reference & User Service Quarterly
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