Complex set of issues and debates surrounding education for girls and women

Saint Anne educates Mary while Joachim watches. Engraving attributed to M. Dossier after J. Jouvenet.

Saint Anne teaching the young Mary to read. Engraving by W. Finden after W.M. Craig after C. Maratta.

Anne teaching the young Mary to read. Engraving by Catenacci.

A young (homoeopathic?) physician converses with a young woman on moral and physical matters. Coloured engraving.

The chemical laboratory at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston: women and men at class. Wood engraving, c. 1880.

A schoolmistress with a class of girls. Woodcut, 1874.

The mother's companion / by Mrs. M.A. Cloudesley Brereton ; with a preface by Sir Lauder Brunton.

Science, sex, and society / [compiled by] Anne E. Kammer, Cherlyn S. Granrose, and Jan B. Sloan.

1 print edged with canvas and mounted on card : line engraving

Saint Anne educates the young Virgin Mary; Joachim stands behind them. Engraving.

Household administration : its place in the higher education of women / edited by Alice Ravenhill and Catherine J. Schiff.

European documentation guide of best practice in educational training / [Women in engineering, science and technology].

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Women - Education

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The mother's companion / by Mrs. M.A. Cloudesley Brereton ; with a preface by Sir Lauder Brunton.

Science, sex, and society / [compiled by] Anne E. Kammer, Cherlyn S. Granrose, and Jan B. Sloan.

Saint Anne educates the young Virgin Mary; Joachim stands behind them. Engraving.

Household administration : its place in the higher education of women / edited by Alice Ravenhill and Catherine J. Schiff.

European documentation guide of best practice in educational training / [Women in engineering, science and technology].

Women - Education

Images from the collections

Images about Women - Education

Works from the collections

The mother's companion / by Mrs. M.A. Cloudesley Brereton ; with a preface by Sir Lauder Brunton.

Science, sex, and society / [compiled by] Anne E. Kammer, Cherlyn S. Granrose, and Jan B. Sloan.

Saint Anne educates the young Virgin Mary; Joachim stands behind them. Engraving.

Household administration : its place in the higher education of women / edited by Alice Ravenhill and Catherine J. Schiff.

European documentation guide of best practice in educational training / [Women in engineering, science and technology].

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