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Peer reviewedRussell, Dorothy S. – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 1979
The author reviews the entry of women into the teaching profession in nineteenth-century America, noting that, while the primary motivation for encouraging women to teach was that they could be paid less than men, this economic justification was obscured by sentimental pronouncements about women's superior moral and nurturant power. (SJL)
Descriptors: Educational Economics, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Employed Women
