Woman's "True" Profession by Nancy Hoffman
Women have always been teachers. So begins this second edition of Nancy Hoffman's classic history of women and the teaching profession in the United States. With this revised collection of her own essays and the writings of early women teachers, Hoffman offers a rich and fascinating portrait of educational life in America. The documents that enrich this volume include autobiographical writings of teachers who practiced between 1830 and 1920. Hoffman's essays probe the socioeconomic factors that led women into teaching, analyze the roles that women teachers played in effecting social change, and assess the impact of urbanization and bureaucracy on teaching. This second edition greatly expands on and revises the central focus of the original book, drawing on several decades of feminist research and analysis that was not available when the first edition was published. In addition, it includes a thoroughly reconsidered account of the relationship between race and education, together with archival materials written by Black women teachers that were not known at the time of the first edition.
Nancy Hoffman is an author and former school teacher. She co-authored the first two middle-grade books in the Saltwater Kids series with her husband Roger, who also illustrated them. The first book was titled The Saltwater Kids on Boca Ciega Bay, Summer of 2015, and the second one was The Saltwater Kids, Book 2, Casting Call. Nancy also wrote two picture books, again illustrated by Roger. Those picture books were Amelia's Rainbow, and Fourth Grader Parker Engels: Poetic Justice. Nancy has been an aspiring minimalist for the past decade. Feeling it was time to tell her story, Express With Less was born. This is Nancy's first non-fiction book. Living with her husband Roger in Saint Petersburg, Florida, Nancy enjoys writing and the simpler things in life.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781891792137 |
| ISBN 10 | 189179213X |
| Title | Woman's "True" Profession |
| Author | Nancy Hoffman |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Harvard Educational Publishing Group |
| Year published | 2003-01-30 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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