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ERIC Number: EJ387947
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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More Than a Polite Pursuit: Art College Education for Women in Nova Scotia, 1887-1930s.
Soucy, Donald
Art Education, v42 n2 p23-24,37-40 Mar 1989
Examines women's position in the art world as it was reflected in the Victoria School of Art and Design (Halifax, Nova Scotia) during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Concludes that women played a decisive role in shaping the art school, overcoming gender bias to become serious art students, instructors, and school managers. (GEA)
Descriptors: Art, Art Education, Educational History, Educational Improvement, Educational Opportunities, Females, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Sex Bias, Sex Role, Women Faculty, Womens Education, Womens Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Canada; Nineteenth Century; Nova Scotia (Halifax); Nova Scotia College of Art and Design; Twentieth Century; Victoria School of Art and Design