The educated woman : minds, bodies, and women's higher education in Britain, Germany, and Spain, 1865-1914

Author

Title

The educated woman : minds, bodies, and women's higher education in Britain, Germany, and Spain, 1865-1914 / Katharina Rowold.

ISBN

9780415205870

0415205875

Published

New York : Routledge, 2010.

Physical Description

x, 311 p. ; 24 cm.

Format

Books

Language

English

Added to Catalog

March 26, 2010

Series

Routledge research in gender and history ; 7.

Routledge research in gender and history ; 7

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Britain. Science, feminism, and sexual difference : moulding female nature through higher education, 1860s-1890 ; The politics of reproduction and women's higher education, 1885-1914

Germany. Women, Bildung, and culture, 1865-1900 ; Die akademische Frau : motherhood, race, and culture, 1890-1914 ; Masculine minds in female bodies : sexology and women's higher education, 1869-1914

Spain. Educated women give birth to advanced nations, 1868-1900 ; After 1898 : degeneration and regeneration.

Subjects

Women scholars > Great Britain > History > 19th century.

Women scholars > Great Britain > History > 20th century.

Women scholars > Germany > History > 19th century.

Women scholars > Germany > History > 20th century.

Women scholars > Spain > History > 19th century.

Women scholars > Spain > History > 20th century.

Education, Higher > Great Britain > History > 19th century.

Education, Higher > Great Britain > History > 20th century.

Education, Higher > Germany > History > 19th century.

Education, Higher > Germany > History > 20th century.