Coats, Maggie, 1940-

Women's education / Maggie Coats. - x, 175 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - The Cutting edge . - Cutting edge (Buckingham, England) .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Series Editor's Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- What is Women's Education? -- The Background to Women's Education Today -- Feminist Ideologies and Women's Education -- The Case for Women-only Provision -- The Characteristics of Good Women-only Provision -- The Curriculum of Women-only Provision - Six Case Studies -- The Curriculum of Women-only Provision - the Main Themes -- The Curriculum of Women-only Provision - Recommendations and Guidelines -- Education or Training? - the Significance of Women-only Provision -- Women's Education - Challenging the Backlash -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Bibliography -- Index -- The Society for Research into Higher Education. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

"Women's education" is education which is provided by women for women, is designed for and about women, and focuses on the needs of women. This work looks at the achievements of women's education over the past 20 years, describing and analyzing its meaning, development and characteristics.

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Women--Education--Curricula.
Feminism and education
Women--Education--Great Britain
Women--Education--Curricula--Great Britain.
Feminism and education--Great Britain
Women--education.

LC2042 / .C63 1994

371.822 376.941