Morice, Linda C.

Flora White : In the Vanguard of Gender Equity. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (229 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 A Good Name -- 2 Nature Weeps -- 3 Finding Her Voice -- 4 The New Education -- 5 Visionary Women -- 6 A Redeemer -- 7 Doing "Precisely as One Pleases" -- 8 The Best of Her Generation -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

This study examines the origins of the progressive education movement through the lens of the life of Flora White (1860-1948), an educator who worked to promote the physical and intellectual growth of girls and young women. It analyzes the role of women in the movement and how marginalized women dealt with powerful men to advance their own agency.

9781498542395


Progressive education - New England - History.


Electronic books.

HQ1412.M675 2017

973.092