Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ514140
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Educators as Activists: Five Women from Chicago.
Munro, Petra
Social Education, v59 n5 p274-78 Sep 1995
Maintains that during the early 20th century the work of women teacher activists brought issues of social reform to the forefront. Describes the work of five Chicago women who helped advance women's rights, women's suffrage, and other social reform efforts. Contends that their work has not be adequately recognized. (CFR)
Descriptors: Activism, Citizen Participation, Constitutional History, Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Feminism, Political Issues, Politics, Sex Differences, Sex Discrimination, Sex Role, Social Action, Social Change, Social History, Social Studies, Teacher Behavior, Teachers, United States History, Voter Registration, Voting, Voting Rights, Womens Studies
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Goggin (Catherine); Haley (Margaret A); Illinois (Chicago); Jane Addams; National Education Association; Wells (Ida B); Womens Suffrage; Young (Ellen Flagg)
Note: Theme issue topic: "Breaking the Chains: The 75th Anniversary of Women's Suffrage."
