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The Science Education of American Girls A Historical Perspective.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, (c)2014.Description: 1 online resource (304 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781135339203
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • Q183 .S354 2014
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Subject: The Science Education of American Girls provides a comparative analysis of the science education of adolescent boys and girls, and analyzes the evolution of girls' scientific interests from the antebellum era through the twentieth century. Kim Tolley expands the understanding of the structural and cultural obstacles that emerged to transform what, in the early nineteenth century, was regarded as a ""girl's subject."" As the form and content of pre-college science education developed, Tolley argues, direct competition between the sexes increased. Subsequently, the cultural construction.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover ; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Geography Opens the Door; 2 Science for Ladies, Classics for Gentlemen; 3 ""What Will Be the Use of This Study?""; 4 From Arithmetic to Higher Mathematics; 5 The Rise of Natural History; 6 ""Study Nature, Not Books""; 7 Other Paths, Other Opportunities; 8 Physics for Boys; Conclusion; Notes on Sources; Notes; Index

The Science Education of American Girls provides a comparative analysis of the science education of adolescent boys and girls, and analyzes the evolution of girls' scientific interests from the antebellum era through the twentieth century. Kim Tolley expands the understanding of the structural and cultural obstacles that emerged to transform what, in the early nineteenth century, was regarded as a ""girl's subject."" As the form and content of pre-college science education developed, Tolley argues, direct competition between the sexes increased. Subsequently, the cultural construction.

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