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Ascendancy Women and Elementary Education in Ireland Educational Provision for Poor Children, 1788 - 1848
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Ascendancy Women and Elementary Education in Ireland [electronic resource] : Educational Provision for Poor Children, 1788 - 1848 / by Eilís O'Sullivan.
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9783319546391
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Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
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XIII, 339 p. 15 illus : online resource.
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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 motivated by political considerations, pragmatism and, especially, religious belief. The book highlights the women’s agency and locates their contribution in international and literary contexts; and by exploring sources and evidence not previously considered, it generates an enhanced understanding of Ascendancy women’s involvement with the provision of elementary education for poor Irish children. This book will appeal to scholars and researchers in the fields of Education and History of Education. It will also have broad appeal for those interested in Gender and Women’s Studies, in Georgian Ireland and in the history of Ascendancy families and estates.
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English
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July 05, 2017
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.
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