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Ringelheim, Joan – Signs, 1985
Discusses general assumptions, hypotheses, and categories used to study the experiences of women during the Holocaust. Presents excerpts from interviews with three women who survived imprisonment in concentration camps. Argues against the use of cultural feminism as a perspective on the Holocaust and provides a list of questions for further…
Descriptors: Anti Semitism, European History, Females, Feminism
Hilton, Ronald – 1982
Taken from the author's doctoral dissertation, this award-winning monograph describes a method for humanizing educational research in adult education and provides five stories of adult education efforts in the 1930's as examples of such research. The method described suggests valuing qualitative data as much as quantitative in the field of…
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Adult Education, Adult Students, Educational History
United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1913
This study of the needs and possibilities of the industrial training of girls and women by the city of Worcester, Massachusetts, was made in the spring and summer of 1911. Three cities, Worcester, Cambridge, and Somerville, through their respective school committees, expressed a willingness to establish trade schools for girls and asked the State…
Descriptors: Females, Industrial Training, State Aid, Wages
Hudis, Paula M.; And Others – 1978
Research on economic and employment opportunities for men and women has not focused enough on structural features of the labor market. Structural features, which influence worker's capacities to translate their human resources into labor market achievements, include profitability of industries, strength of worker organizations, skill requirements,…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Survey of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities. Bulletin, 1930, No. 9. Volume I. [Preface - Part VI]
Office of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1930
At the request of the Association of Land-Grant Colleges and Universities, the Office of Education undertook a survey of the 69 land-grant colleges and universities, including 17 institutions for Negroes. For more than a half century, these institutions have grown in importance as vital factors in the agricultural, industrial, and educational…
Descriptors: Educational History, National Surveys, Research Methodology, School Statistics