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Hughes, Mary – Studies in the Education of Adults, 1992
The creation in London of single-sex institutes for the education of women offered increased educational opportunities but did not widen their horizons. For working class women, educational policy regarding these institutes tended to support their domestic roles. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Evening Programs, Foreign Countries, Single Sex Schools

Keane, Patrick – Adult Education Quarterly, 1984
Details the history of the San Francisco Mechanics' Institute, discussing the origins of mechanics' institutes and of early San Francisco and focusing on the policy of social control, the contributions of president Andrew Hallidie, and the importance of such program components as the lending and reference library, exhibitions, public lectures,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Citizenship Education, Evening Programs, Exhibits