Thesis
King's College of Household and Social Science and the household science movement in English higher education, c. 1908-1939
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This thesis is an account of the 'household and social science' course opened at King's College for Women in 1908 and its evolution up to 1939. The course was a significant departure for women's higher education in England as it was the first attempt to define a special university discipline based upon women's 'domestic' roles. However, historical accounts of women's higher education have either ignored or dismissed it, largely because of the predominance of'separate spheres' analyses in ...
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- Publication date:
- 1994
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
- Language:
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English
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- Source identifiers:
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602327107
- Deposit date:
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2013-01-21
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- Copyright holder:
- Blakestad, Nancy L.
- Copyright date:
- 1994
- Notes:
- The digital copy of this thesis has been made available thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky
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