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Flora White - In the Vanguard of Gender Equity (Hardcover)
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Flora White - In the Vanguard of Gender Equity (Hardcover)
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Flora White: In the Vanguard of Gender Equity draws on a collection
of personal papers (only recently made available to scholars) to
present the life of a colorful New England educator who lived from
the Civil War to the Cold War. Throughout her career, White worked
to promote the physical and intellectual growth of girls and young
women beyond the narrow gender stereotypes of the day. Although
White's name is not a household word, this book represents a newer
form of biography in which the life of a lesser-known individual
serves as a lens for understanding larger social and cultural
developments. In Flora White's case, this newer biographical
approach produced findings to inform research in both educational
history and gender studies. For example, White's papers correct
some longstanding misconceptions about the origins of the
progressive education movement and the role women played in it.
White's sources also shed light on the complicated relationships of
educated (but marginalized) U.S. women and the prominent men who
mentored them. In addition, White's papers show that--in order to
protect herself from those who might find her words
objectionable-she used coded language (such as poetry) to counter
sexist stereotypes and advance her desire for a fuller life for her
students and herself. Although, upon her death, a newspaper
obituary praised White for being recognized by "men of note" in
educational circles, her efforts to promote the physical and
intellectual development of girls and women helped to create
opportunity that is still unfolding today.
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