A “mission to civilize”: the popular educational vision of the Anglican Mothers’ Union and Girls’ Friendly Society (1886-1926)
Abstract The Mothers’ Union (1886) and the Girls Friendly Society (1874) were official Anglican Church of England organisations. They drew on a religiously informed ideal of womanhood, and asserted the significance of women as exemplars of Christian citizenship with a mission to improve society. The...
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Sociedade Brasileira de História da Educação
2012-05-01
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| Series: | Revista Brasileira de História da Educação |
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| Online Access: | http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/rbhe/article/view/38774 |