Ascendancy Women and Elementary Education in Ireland Educational Provision for Poor Children, 1788 - 1848 /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: O'Sullivan, Eilís (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Θέματα: Education.; Great Britain > History.; Church and education.; Education > History.; Gender identity in education.; History of Education.; Early Childhood Education.; History of Britain and Ireland.; Gender and Education.; Religion and Education.

This book outlines the lives of six female members of the Irish Ascendancy, and describes their involvement with educational provision for poor children in Ireland at the end of the long eighteenth century. It argues that these women were moved by empathy and by a sense of duty, and that they were m...