Recent Blog Posts
The Girl At The Piano
Sitting at the piano accompanying the choir at my girls’ …
Household and Domestic Science: The Personal and The Professional
Winifred Egan’s testimonial in 1961 from the headmistress of Wellington …
Empire, Internationalism and Peace in The Woman Teacher
Editorials, articles, and conference accounts in the Woman Teacher illustrate the …
Projects
Women and Comparative Education, 1800-1980
Amélie Arató’s (1934) study, L’Enseignement secondaries des jeunes filles en …
Alys Russell: A Life in Education and Public Service
Alys Russell (1867-1951): A Life in Education and Public Service …
Rosa Branson, Art, Life and Education
The focus of the book project, entitled Rosa Branson: Art, …
Publications
Willystine Goodsell (1870-1962) and John Dewey (1859-1952): History, Philosophy, and Women’s Education
This article explores the work of history and philosophy in …
Turns and Twists in Histories of Women’s Education
Turns and Twists in the History of Women’s Education, the …
Introduction: Turns and Twists in Histories of Women’s Education
The ‘turns and twists’ of the title of the special …
Presentations
‘Though We Have the Vote We Still Have to Fight Every Point of Equal Opportunity and Equal Status’:
Alys Russell, Suffrage Campaigning and Work for Graduate Women, 1888-1930. …
Rosa Branson (b 1933), Becoming an Artist: Biography, Memory, Place and Space
This paper discusses Rosa Branson’s quest to become an artist. …
Gender and Transnational Perspectives in the History of Education: Theoretical Frameworks and Research Methods
This symposium paper outlines some strategies for researching gendered and …
Resources
Digital Archive – Prior’s Field School
The searchable online archive of Prior’s Field School, founded by …
Mary Sumner: Mission, Education and Motherhood
Mary Sumner (1828-1921) was the founder and president of the …
Bahá’ís and Modern Education in Iran
As part of ongoing work for the project, Educational Cinematography, …