Pioneering Womens Education: Dorothea Beale, an Unlikely Reformer Waller Sally Ann

Specifikacia Pioneering Womens Education: Dorothea Beale, an Unlikely Reformer Waller Sally Ann

Although much less well known than some other nineteenth century female campaigners, such as Florence Nightingale or Emmeline Pankhurst, Dorothea Beale is nonetheless deserving of wide recognition for her pioneering, and at times radical, ideas. Dorothea's work for the education of girls made just as significant an impact on the liberation of women as did that of Florence Nightingale in ennobling the nursing profession or Emmeline Pankhurst in drawing attention to women's political inferiority. Although very much a woman of her times, through her work as Principal of the Cheltenham Ladies' College, her writings, her speeches and her widespread involvement in societies promoting women's interests, Dorothea helped to show what women were capable of, providing them with greater confidence and self-belief.Drawing on a wide range of original sources, this book traces Dorothea's