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Nancy Hoffman

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Description:"Women have always been teachers." So begins this second edition of Nancy Hoffman's classic history of women and the teaching profession in the United States. With this revised collection of her own essays and the writings of early women teachers, Hoffman offers a rich and fascinating portrait of educational life in America.The documents that enrich this volume include autobiographical writings ofteachers who practiced between 1830 and 1920. Hoffman's essays probe the socioeconomic factors that led women into teaching, analyze the roles thatwomen teachers played in effecting social change, and assess the impact ofurbanization and bureaucracy on teaching.This second edition greatly expands on and revises the central focus ofthe original book, drawing on several decades of feminist research andanalysis that was not available when the first edition was published. In addition, it includes a thoroughly reconsidered account of the relationship between race and education, together with archival materials written by Blackwomen teachers that were not known at the time of the first edition.A book that explores the full range of contributions, challenges, successes, and frustrations that marked these early teacher's careers, Woman's "True" Profession is an indispensable contribution to our understanding of the teaching profession.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Woman's "True" Profession: Voices from the History of Teaching. To get started finding Woman's "True" Profession: Voices from the History of Teaching, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: "Women have always been teachers." So begins this second edition of Nancy Hoffman's classic history of women and the teaching profession in the United States. With this revised collection of her own essays and the writings of early women teachers, Hoffman offers a rich and fascinating portrait of educational life in America.The documents that enrich this volume include autobiographical writings ofteachers who practiced between 1830 and 1920. Hoffman's essays probe the socioeconomic factors that led women into teaching, analyze the roles thatwomen teachers played in effecting social change, and assess the impact ofurbanization and bureaucracy on teaching.This second edition greatly expands on and revises the central focus ofthe original book, drawing on several decades of feminist research andanalysis that was not available when the first edition was published. In addition, it includes a thoroughly reconsidered account of the relationship between race and education, together with archival materials written by Blackwomen teachers that were not known at the time of the first edition.A book that explores the full range of contributions, challenges, successes, and frustrations that marked these early teacher's careers, Woman's "True" Profession is an indispensable contribution to our understanding of the teaching profession.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Woman's "True" Profession: Voices from the History of Teaching. To get started finding Woman's "True" Profession: Voices from the History of Teaching, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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