Ascendancy Women and Elementary Education in Ireland: Educational Provision for Poor Children, 1788 - 1848

Ascendancy Women and Elementary Education in Ireland: Educational Provision for Poor Children, 1788 - 1848
ISBN-10
3319546392
ISBN-13
9783319546391
Category
Education
Pages
339
Language
English
Published
2017-06-30
Publisher
Springer
Author
Eilís O'Sullivan

Description

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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