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Yale Journal of Law and FeminismBiblio.com

Yale Journal of Law and Feminism Vol.5 No.1 Fall 1992

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Three Lectures on Women's Education in Victorian England 1890

1890220271890. Women's Education Three lectures on women's education in Victorian England. Wilson J. M. Three Addresses to Girls at School. London: Percival & Co. 1890. First edition. Original printed brown paper wrappers stitched binding no dust jacket as issued. Delivered between 1887 and 1890 these addresses by Reverend J. M. Wilson-former Head Master of Clifton College and Vicar of Rochdale-offer a pointed reflection on the role of education and religion in shaping the intellectual lives of young women in late Victorian Britain. Each speech was delivered at a girls' high school: the first at Clifton High School 1887 the second at Bath and Clifton 1889 and the third at St. Leonard's School St. Andrews 1890. While framed within the conservative moral expectations of the period Wilson's lectures nonetheless emphasize the legitimacy and value of female academic achievement and make a case for structured standardized education for girls-a relatively progressive position for its time. Notably Wilson defends the Higher Certificate Examination as a measure of "absolute merit" asserting that these certificates serve as proof of both academic competence and institutional rigor.<br /> <br /> In one significant passage Wilson explains how girls at Clifton High School were permitted to pass examinations in stages-two subjects one year and two the next-unlike boys who were expected to complete all four at once. This practical concession reflects both the social constraints placed on girls and an evolving acknowledgment of their academic seriousness. His emphasis on certificates as both a pedagogical guide for teachers and a tool for public accountability is central to his educational philosophy: "They help to make your work definite and sound: and that if it is slipshod you shall at any rate know that it is slipshod." Though clearly reflective of the gendered assumptions of the time the text offers valuable insight into the advocacy for women's structured schooling during the late 19th century.<br /> <br /> Front cover moderately soiled with edge wear and a small numeric marking to the lower left corner. Front wrapper and end pages detached. Internal pages clean and unmarked aside from a faint institutional stamp on the title page. Overall fair condition. A scarce record of late Victorian attitudes toward women's education notable for its firsthand account of the evolving role of girls' high schools in Britain. unknown

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Speeches Delivered to Female High School Students on the Value of Education 1890

18017Three Addresses to Girls at School" J.M Wilson. Percival and Co: London 1890. 7" x 5" inches. 74 pages. Soft cover pamphlet. A series of speeches delivered by the vice president of the Clifton High School for Girls in Covent Garden 1890. The speeches were given on "Education" "High School Education for Girls" and "Religion" in 1887 1889 and 1890 respectively. In them Wilson the school's vice president and late head master addresses the female students on the value of their education"You are living in a great age when changes of many kinds are in progress in our political and social and religious ideas. There never was a greater need of trained intelligence clear heads and earnest hearts. And the part that women play is not a subordinate one." Whereas in 1840 60% of British women were illiterate that number dropped dramatically to 40% by 1860 and the momentum for female education picked up considerably through the end of the nineteenth century into the twentieth. Wilson's speeches delivered to high school girls give fascinating insight into both the vision and anxiety bound up in educational reform during the time. "We earnestly desire that women should be highly educated" he writes. "And yet is there not a type of educated woman which we do not wholly admire I am not going to caricature a bluestocking but to point out one or two real dangers. Education is good; but perfect sanity is better still. Sanity is the most excellent of all women's excellences.It is a small matter that you should protest against some small maladjustment or folly; but it is a great matter that you should be perfectly sane and well-balanced. Now education helps sanity." The addresses both promote women's education and caution against radically upending existing social structures. Wilson advises the girls throughout to be gentle humble and sane and celebrates the role educated women play in supporting men in positions of power. Front soft cover detached. Textblock is partially detached. Text block clean and bright. Overall good condition. unknown

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