Girls Becoming Teachers: An Historical Analysis of Western Australian Women Teachers, 1911–1940
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Table of Contents

Prologue

xi

Acknowledgments

xiii

Chapter 1: Introduction

1

Histories of Women Teachers: Issues and Directions

4

Framing the Study

9

The Swan River Colony

14

Teachers and Schools in Western Australia: The Early Years

17

Becoming a Teacher: The Questions

20

Chapter 2: Constructing a Multilayered Method

27

An Overview

27

The Conceptual Framework

28

Narratives Within the Narrative

33

Chapter 3: Girls Growing Up Teacherly: The Families

41

Introduction

41

Framing Families: Separate Spheres

43

Making a Better Life

50

Mothers, Fathers, and Separate Spheres

56

Families, Femininity, and Masculinity

63

Fostering Learning and Teaching

74

Summary and Conclusions

83