Doors of Possibility
The Life of Emmeline Tanner 1876-1955
$292.65
- Hardcover
416 pages
- Release Date
1 April 1995
Summary
An examination of the significant changes to girls’ secondary education between the 1880s and the 1940s through the life of Dame Emmeline Tanner, relying chiefly on unpublished material. It charts the life of a woman who, born into the lower middle-classes, made her way working in schools to become head of Roedean School and a leader of headmistresses, articulating the needs and hopes of her time. Emmeline Tanner began teaching at the age of 13, and the book examines some of the problems face…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780718829223 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0718829220 |
| Author: | Susan Major |
| Publisher: | James Clarke & Co Ltd |
| Imprint: | Lutterworth Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 1995 |
| Weight: | 780g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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“This book is not only about a woman, but about the history of girls’ education over eighty crucial years, important reading for anyone interested in the evolution of girls’ education.” Prep School
About The Author
Susan Major
Susan Major describes herself as an accidental author. Educated at Oxford University, she has worked as a teacher, a copy-editor and for charities, until she was asked to look through her great-aunt’s papers. The great-aunt happened to be Emmeline Tanner. Susan Major says that she immediately “saw possibilities, and was allowed complete freedom to write whatever emerged. So I did.”
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