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Mary Campbell-Day – History of Education, 2024
This article presents an understanding of the context, nature and significance of Mary Gurney's educational career during the years 1863 to 1917. It is assisted in part by the conceptual lenses of feminist thinking and network theory. Despite neglect by past historians, Gurney's work was seen by contemporaries as equal in significance to that of…
Descriptors: Educational History, Females, Secondary Education, Higher Education
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Akom, A. A. – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2008
This article argues that narratives forecasting spectacular mobility for Black people/people of color along with the growth of the Black middle class function as proof that America "works" and that the American dream is obtainable for all. However, what is concealed within this "meritocratic" discourse is that full acceptance into this society is…
Descriptors: African Americans, Race, Middle Class, Racial Identification