Summary of Dana Goldstein's The Teacher Wars

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 In 1815, a religious revival swept the Litchfield Female Academy in Connecticut. The daughter of a celebrity preacher, 14-year-old Catharine Beecher refused to convert. This made her conspicuous, because she was the daughter of a preacher.
#2 In 1815, a religious revival swept the Litchfield Female Academy in Connecticut. The daughter of a celebrity preacher, 14-year-old Catharine Beecher refused to convert. This made her conspicuous, because she was the daughter of a preacher.
#3 In 1815, a religious revival swept the Litchfield Female Academy in Connecticut. The daughter of a celebrity preacher, 14-year-old Catharine Beecher refused to convert. This made her conspicuous, because she was the daughter of a preacher.
#4 In 1815, a religious revival swept the Litchfield Female Academy in Connecticut. The daughter of a celebrity preacher, 14-year-old Catharine Beecher refused to convert. This made her conspicuous, because she was the daughter of a preacher.

Sujets

• History
• United States
• Histoire

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 11 octobre 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9798350040227
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on Dana Goldstein's The Teacher Wars
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5 Insights from Chapter 6 Insights from Chapter 7 Insights from Chapter 8 Insights from Chapter 9 Insights from Chapter 10
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

In 1815, a religious revival swept the Litchfield Female Academy in Connecticut. The daughter of a celebrity preacher, 14-year-old Catharine Beecher refused to convert. This made her conspicuous, because she was the daughter of a preacher.

#2

In 1815, a religious revival swept the Litchfield Female Academy in Connecticut. The daughter of a celebrity preacher, 14-year-old Catharine Beecher refused to convert. This made her conspicuous, because she was the daughter of a preacher.

#3

In 1815, a religious revival swept the Litchfield Female Academy in Connecticut. The daughter of a celebrity preacher, 14-year-old Catharine Beecher refused to convert. This made her conspicuous, because she was the daughter of a preacher.

#4

In 1815, a religious revival swept the Litchfield Female Academy in Connecticut. The daughter of a celebrity preacher, 14-year-old Catharine Beecher refused to convert. This made her conspicuous, because she was the daughter of a preacher.

#5

A religious revival swept the Litchfield Female Academy in Connecticut in 1815, and the daughter of a celebrity preacher, 14-year-old Catharine Beecher, refused to convert. This made her conspicuous, because she was the daughter of a preacher. She believed that teaching was the only profession in which a woman could gain influence, respectability, and independence without venturing outside the prescribed boundaries of feminine modesty.

#6

In 1827, Beecher wrote an essay called Female Education, in which she argued that education was the only profession in which a woman could gain independence and respectability without venturing outside the boundaries of feminine modesty. She would go on to become America’s first media darling school reformer.

#7

In the early 19th century, teaching was a profession only men could perform, and it was extremely controversial for women to teach in co-ed schools.

#8

In the early 19th century, teaching was a profession only men could perform, and it was extremely controversial for women to teach in co-ed schools.

#9

In the early 19th century, teaching was a profession only men could perform. It was extremely controversial for women to teach in co-ed schools.

#10

The Massachusetts legislature appropriated $1 million for the new board of education, half of what Mann asked for.

#11

In the early 19th century, American schools did not allow women to teach, as it was a profession only men could perform. In the early 20th century, many states started to allow women to teach, but many still did not.

#12

Mann and Beecher’s opinions on education were heavily influenced by their own beliefs about women’s lack of intellectual capacity.

#13

The American public school system was set up differently from other Western European systems, as it was heavily influenced by the Puritan work ethic.

#14

Mann and Beecher’s opinions on education were heavily influenced by their own beliefs about women’s lack of intellectual capacity.

#15

The American public school system was set up differently from other Western European systems, as it was heavily influenced by the Puritan work ethic.
Insights from Chapter 2

#1

In the early 19th century, American schools did not allow women to teach, as it was a profession only men could perform. In the early 20th century, many states started to allow women to teach, but many still did not.

#2

Anthony’s parents were involved in antislavery and temperance movements, which influenced their daughter’s views on women’s rights.

#3

Anthony’s parents were involved in antislavery and temperance movements, which influenced their daughter’s views on women’s rights.

#4

The American public school system was set up differently from other Western European systems, as it was heavily influenced by the Puritan work ethic.

#5

The American public school system was set up differently from other Western European systems, as it was heavily influenced by the Puritan work ethic.

#6

In the early 19th century, American schools did not allow women to teach, as it was a profession only men could perform.