Introduction: Gender and generation - Sandra Betts. Part 1 The historical gendering of childhood and adolescence: Gender, work and socialisation in Wales c. 1450-c. 1850, Michael Roberts; The construction of genteel sensibilities - the socialisation of daughters of the gentry in seventeenth and eighteenth century Wales, Simone Clarke; The gendering of the elementary and secondary school curriculum in Victorian and early twentieth century Wales, W. Gareth Evans; Opportunity denied - the voices of the lost Grammar school girls of the inter-war years, Graham Goode and Sara Delamont. Part 2 Gender and education in contemporary Wales: the culture and aspirations of Welsh secondary school pupils - a comparison between the sexes, Richard Starup and Benjamin M. Dressel; Sex, lies and the P.S.E. curriculum, Lesley Pugsley; Take our daughters to work - a positive action for some school girls in Wales, Jane Salisbury. Part 3 Gender and socialization - The development of identity: Hey Wizardora, give us a kiss! - assertion training for the playground, Patricia Daniel; The boys have taken over the playground, Margaret Sutton, Susan Hutson and Jacqueline Thomas; Marriage, family and career aspirations of adolescent girls, Dr Hilary Lloyd Ball.
