Women Teacher Militancy in the Workplace 1910-1922.

Thomas, William B.; Moran, Kevin J.

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ERIC Number: EJ431856

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Publication Date: 1991

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Women Teacher Militancy in the Workplace 1910-1922.

Thomas, William B.; Moran, Kevin J.

Paedagogica Historica, v27 n1 p35-53 Feb 1991

Describes the political struggles of the Teacher's Educational League in Buffalo, New York, and its founder, Mary A. O'Conner. Discusses the issues and problems women teachers encountered in attempts to reform teacher administrator relations. Traces the league's challenge to the Board of Education and the state of New York; explains that many of the teachers were dismissed. (NL)

Descriptors: Activism, Boards of Education, Educational History, Labor Demands, Modern History, Sex Bias, Sex Discrimination, Social History, State History, State Legislation, Teacher Dismissal, Tenure, Unions, United States History, Women Faculty, Womens Studies

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials

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Audience: Teachers; Researchers; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: New York (Buffalo)

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