Portraying lives : headmistresses and women professors, 1880s-1940s

• Main Authors: Fitzgerald, Tanya, 1960- (Author), May, Josephine, 1950- (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2016]
• Subjects: Women teachers > Australia > History > 19th century.; Women teachers > Australia > History > 20th century.; Women teachers > Australia > Biography.; Women > Education > Australia > History > 19th century.; Women > Education > Australia > History > 20th century.; Women teachers > New Zealand > History > 19th century.; Women teachers > New Zealand > History > 20th century.; Women teachers > New Zealand > Biography.; Women > Education > New Zealand > History > 19th century.; Women > Education > New Zealand > History > 20th century.; elektronické knihy; Biographies.; Education > Schools > Levels > Higher.; Gender studies: women and girls.; Higher education, tertiary education.; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806610174
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-68123-448-9
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 138 pages)

The expansion of women's higher education in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Australia and New Zealand offered educated women opportunities to broaden their aspirations, horizons and experiences across many professional fields. Engaged in the public activity of teaching in a range of...