Girls Becoming Teachers: An Historical Analysis of Western Australian Women Teachers, 1911–1940
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Journeys and Subjectivity: Drawing the Threads Together

197

Chapter 8: Constructing the ‘Womanly Teacher’: The Eras of Rooney and Cameron

207

Introduction

207

The Early Years: Establishing the Curriculum and Creating a Culture

209

Administrating and Organising ‘a Happy and Contented Home’

212

Cameron: A World of Thought Beyond the Shores of Rottnest Island

219

Changing the Subject: The Womanly Teacher

226

Chapter 9: Dutiful Daughters, Modern Women, and ‘Flappers’ and ‘Outsiders’: The Student Stories

231

Introduction

231

‘Living In’: The Students’ Stories

234

Changing Gender Frames

252

Constructing the ‘Womanly Teacher’: Domination, Power, and Resistance

263

Chapter 10: The Making of the Teacher: Professionalism and Gender

267

Introduction

267

From Transition to Meaning: Rooney and the Construction of Professionalism

270

Making Teachers at Claremont: Twenty-Five Years of Continuity and Change

280

Cameron: ‘There Was More to Teaching Than the Mere Techniques of Management’

299

Gendered Professionalism

305