The Resource Women's work? : American schoolteachers, 1650-1920, Joel Perlmann and Robert A. Margo
Women's work? : American schoolteachers, 1650-1920, Joel Perlmann and Robert A. Margo
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- Summary
- "American schoolteaching is one of few occupations to have undergone a thorough gender shift from men to women, yet previous explanations have neglected a key feature of the transition: its regional character. By the early 1800s, far higher proportions of women were teaching in the Northeast than in the South, and this regional difference was reproduced as settlers moved West before the Civil War. What explains the creation of these divergent regional arrangements in the East, their recreation in the West, and their eventual disappearance by the next century?" "In Women's Work? the authors blend newly available quantitative evidence with historical narrative to show that distinctive regional school structures and related cultural patterns account for the initial regional difference, while a growing recognition that women could handle the work after they temporarily replaced men during the Civil War helps explain this widespread shift to female teachers later in the century. Yet despite this shift, a significant gender gap in pay and positions remained. This book offers an original and thought-provoking account of a remarkable historical transition."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 188 pages
- Contents
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- 5.
- Labor Market Outcomes in Urban Schools: The Role of Gender
- 1.
- New England: The First Two Centuries
- 2.
- South Versus North
- 3.
- Migrations
- 4.
- Explaining Feminization
- Isbn
- 9780226660394
- Label
- Women's work? : American schoolteachers, 1650-1920
- Title
- Women's work?
- Title remainder
- American schoolteachers, 1650-1920
- Statement of responsibility
- Joel Perlmann and Robert A. Margo
- Title variation
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- Women's work
- American schoolteachers, 1650-1920
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "American schoolteaching is one of few occupations to have undergone a thorough gender shift from men to women, yet previous explanations have neglected a key feature of the transition: its regional character. By the early 1800s, far higher proportions of women were teaching in the Northeast than in the South, and this regional difference was reproduced as settlers moved West before the Civil War. What explains the creation of these divergent regional arrangements in the East, their recreation in the West, and their eventual disappearance by the next century?" "In Women's Work? the authors blend newly available quantitative evidence with historical narrative to show that distinctive regional school structures and related cultural patterns account for the initial regional difference, while a growing recognition that women could handle the work after they temporarily replaced men during the Civil War helps explain this widespread shift to female teachers later in the century. Yet despite this shift, a significant gender gap in pay and positions remained. This book offers an original and thought-provoking account of a remarkable historical transition."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Perlmann, Joel
- Dewey number
- 372.11/0082
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- LB2837
- LC item number
- .P38 2001
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1954-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Margo, Robert A.
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Women teachers
- Women teachers
- Elementary school teachers
- Label
- Women's work? : American schoolteachers, 1650-1920, Joel Perlmann and Robert A. Margo
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 5.
- Labor Market Outcomes in Urban Schools: The Role of Gender
- 1.
- New England: The First Two Centuries
- 2.
- South Versus North
- 3.
- Migrations
- 4.
- Explaining Feminization
- Control code
- 44885120
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 188 pages
- Isbn
- 9780226660394
- Lccn
- 00011053
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Label
- Women's work? : American schoolteachers, 1650-1920, Joel Perlmann and Robert A. Margo
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- 5.
- Labor Market Outcomes in Urban Schools: The Role of Gender
- 1.
- New England: The First Two Centuries
- 2.
- South Versus North
- 3.
- Migrations
- 4.
- Explaining Feminization
- Control code
- 44885120
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 188 pages
- Isbn
- 9780226660394
- Lccn
- 00011053
- Media category
- unmediated
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- rdamedia
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