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

• Main Author: O'Sullivan, Eilís (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: 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...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction
• PART I. Contexts, Capacities and Conditions
• Chapter 2. Ireland’s Ascendancy at the End of the Long Eighteenth Century
• Chapter 3. Ireland’s Poor at the End of the Long Eighteenth Century
• Chapter 4. Education for Ireland’s Poor at the End of the Long Eighteenth Century: Provision and Inquiry
• Chapter 5. Education for Poor Irish Girls at the End of the Long Eighteenth Century
• Chapter 6. Provision for the Education of Poor Girls in France and Scotland during the Long Eighteenth Century: Comparative Research
• Chapter 7. Women Writers and Educators during the Long Eighteenth Century
• PART II. Irish Ascendancy Women and Provision of Education
• Chapter 8. Case Study 1: Caroline, Countess of Kingston
• Chapter 9. Case Study 2: Eleanor, Lady Godfrey
• Chapter 10. Case Study 3: Emily, Countess of Glengall
• Chapter 11. Case Study 4: Charlotte, Lady O’Brien
• Chapter 12. Case Study 5: Susanna, Marchioness of Waterford
• Chapter 13. Case Study 6: Caroline, Countess of Dunraven
• Chapter 14. Conclusion.