The 1944 Education Act and Second Wave Feminism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4349082 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Phillida Bunkle (Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 791-811 |
| Publication date | 2016-09-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women s History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-2025 • E-ISSN: 1747-583X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09612025.2015.1132877 |
| OpenAlex | W2331126598 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
The women articulating Second Wave Feminism in Britain emerged from the environment created by the 1944 Education Act, which ensured that all girls completed secondary school, with a minority accessing academic girls' grammar schools. For some, the Act also provided a route to professional education in universities or teacher training colleges. A legacy of earlier feminist movements, such all-female residential institutions exercised control, but nevertheless encouraged women's achievements. This article explores the opportunities, tensions and contradictions created by this educational culture from 1945–65, reflected in the views of my contemporaries and the writers, Margaret Cooke, Anne Oakley and Margaret Forster
Feminism · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Historical Education Studies Worldwide · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes
| Citations per year | 0.44 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |