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1 online resource (304 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Contents |
Cover ; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Geography Opens the Door; 2 Science for Ladies, Classics for Gentlemen; 3 ""What Will Be the Use of This Study?""; 4 From Arithmetic to Higher Mathematics; 5 The Rise of Natural History; 6 ""Study Nature, Not Books""; 7 Other Paths, Other Opportunities; 8 Physics for Boys; Conclusion; Notes on Sources; Notes; Index. |
| Summary |
The Science Education of American Girls provides a comparative analysis of the science education of adolescent boys and girls, and analyzes the evolution of girls' scientific interests from the antebellum era through the twentieth century. Kim Tolley expands the understanding of the structural and cultural obstacles that emerged to transform what, in the early nineteenth century, was regarded as a ""girl's subject."" As the form and content of pre-college science education developed, Tolley argues, direct competition between the sexes increased. Subsequently, the cultural construction. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Science -- Study and teaching -- United States -- History.
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Science -- Study and teaching. |
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United States. |
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Women -- Education -- United States -- History.
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Women -- Education. |
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History. |
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SCIENCE -- Study & Teaching. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Tolley, Kim. Science Education of American Girls : A Historical Perspective. Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2014 9780415934725 |
| ISBN |
9781135339203 (electronic book) |
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1135339201 (electronic book) |
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