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Peer reviewedBurr, Elizabeth; And Others – Social Education, 1972
Changes in language are suggested to eliminate phraseology that reflects outdated assumptions concerning women. (Author)
Descriptors: Bias, Cultural Images, Females, Feminism
Peer reviewedClark, Roger; Ayton, Kieran; Frechette, Nicole; Keller, Pamela J. – Social Education, 2005
This article is the world history counterpart to a previous paper on American history textbooks, "How Much of the Sky? Women in American History High School Textbooks from the 1960s, 1980s and 1990s," Social Education, January/February 2004. The authors of this article examined six books from each decade, the 1960s, 1980s, and 1990s. The analysis…
Descriptors: Females, Textbook Content, Textbook Bias, Gender Bias
How Much of the Sky? Women in American High School History Textbooks from the 1960s, 1980s and 1990s
Peer reviewedClark, Roger; Allard, Jeffrey; Mahoney, Timothy – Social Education, 2004
How many names of women from American history can the average, recent high school graduate come up with? How does this number compare with the number of males she or he can name? These are the kinds of questions that informed Janice Trecker's classic study of U.S. high school textbooks. They were also the basis for the research in Sadker and…
Descriptors: Females, Textbook Content, Content Analysis, Textbook Bias
Peer reviewedTrecker, Janice Law – Social Education, 1971
The author concludes that what is needed--besides more information on women in history--is a new attitude: one which departs from the bias of traditional views of women, and treats both men and women as partners in society. (JB)
Descriptors: Females, Secondary Education, Sex Discrimination, Social Attitudes
Peer reviewedTetreault, Mary Kay – Social Education, 1984
A content analysis of secondary U.S. history textbooks revealed that texts do include discussions of women. However, the emphasis is usually on female contributions that are an extension of women's nurturing role within the family or that are supportive of male activities. Eleanor Roosevelt is the most featured woman. (RM)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Females, Feminism, Secondary Education
