Presents the biography of A. Z. Krygowska (1904-88) covering her school years, university studies, and professional work as a teacher, teacher educator, and scientist. Emphasizes the influence of her teaching experience on both her interest and scientific work in the didactics of mathematics. (12 references) (Author)

Helen M. Walker contributed to the field of educational research and statistics during a 55-year career. Born in Iowa in 1891, Walker earned a bachelor's degree from Iowa Wesleyan College and taught high school mathematics for nine years. She then taught at the University of Kansas while doing graduate work. One source noted that she was the first…

This paper examines the historical development of Women's Studies as an academic discipline. Principles of this education include a feminist perspective and an interdisciplinary approach. Students assume the responsibility for their own learning. Varied resource people are used in the classroom. The object of this feminist model is to define the…

Early issues of "School Science and Mathematics" were used to investigate the writings of women educators and their role in education. Identified articles by women authors and discussed how the integration of science and mathematics, psychology and other issues, and references to women were treated. (MNS)

Fanny Jackson Coppin was born a slave in 1837 and graduated from Oberlin College in 1865. During her career, she worked to improve formal educational opportunities for young Blacks of both sexes and also led efforts to provide jobs and improve the economic status of Black Americans. (Author/GC)

Describes the contributions of two Black women to education and musical activity in Black high schools in Washington, D.C. during the first half of the twentieth century. (GC)

A personal memoir of Marjorie Hope Nicolson and the graduate English department she headed at Columbia University in the 1940s and 1950s. (SJL)

The model institutions which have shaped American graduate schools of education emerged between 1900 and 1940. Tensions between academic and professional interests as well as between professional school and school of education faculties led to estrangement within the field and further tensions between educational schools and their universities.…

This paper examines the history of the Women's Studies Program (WSP) at the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR), as well as the history of women at the university. In 1892 Blanche Davis became the first woman to receive a degree from UNR, and by the turn of the century women faculty and students were a regular feature of campus life. Women's…

This document contains issues of "The Educational Record of the Province of Quebec" from January 1893 through December 1893. Among the topics covered in this volume are: current events, country school and graded school, Convention of 1893, Directory of Superior Schools, financial outlook of the women teachers in Montreal, teaching,…

Transcribes an interview with Australian geographer Fay Gale conducted in 1997 on the occasion of her retirement. Explores her professional and personal development as well as her views of research, teaching, geography, the problems and prospects for women in academia, and the state of higher education in Australia. (DSK)

The changes and developments in the education of women teachers over a period of two decades in the early 18th century in America are examined. Tracing the history of women's education from before the founding of the first Normal School in 1839, changes in attitudes and philosophy are discussed, as well as the social implications of the growth of…

This study examines the accomplishments of four women who served as deans of women, a once-crucial but now defunct role, in U.S. coeducational institutions in the South. Their contributions are assessed by examining five areas: institutions, impediments, initiatives, infrastructure, and intimacy. Surveying the careers of Sarah Gibson Blanding,…

Examines the life of Cara Mallett, who improved the education of women teachers during her career as teacher and administrator at Whitelands College (London) and Hurlstone Training College for Women (New South Wales, Australia). Compares the education and experiences of women teachers in late nineteenth-century England and Australia. (SV)

Despite limited resources, educated Black women in Washington, D.C. often resembled their White female counterparts in the extent and level of their organizational involvement and in exclusivity of their club membership. Unlike White club women, however, Black teachers and other educated Black females worked for the advancement of the Black…