African Girls, Nineteenth-Century Mission Education and the Patriarchal Imperative

Autor/in	Leach, Fiona
Titel	African Girls, Nineteenth-Century Mission Education and the Patriarchal Imperative
Quelle	In: Gender and Education, 20 (2008) 4, S.335-347 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0954-0253
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Christianity; Educational Opportunities; Political Socialization; Males; Western Civilization; Females; Sexual Identity; Womens Education; Gender Differences; Foreign Policy; Role of Education; Marriage; Social Class; Needle Trades; Sewing Instruction; Africa; Sierra Leone + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Christentum; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Politische Sozialisation; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Weibliches Geschlecht; Geschlechtsidentität; Sexuelle Identität; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Außenpolitik; Bildungsauftrag; Ehe; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Bekleidungsberuf; Handarbeitsunterricht; Afrika
Abstract	This paper draws on Anglican mission archive material to uncover the extent to which girls' schooling in early nineteenth-century West Africa developed as a response to male interests and perceived male needs. The founding of the colony of Sierra Leone in 1787 as a home for freed slaves followed by the arrival of Protestant missionaries in 1804 offers a laboratory type environment to trace the development of girls' formal schooling in Africa. In particular, the missionaries understood the importance of educating women if Christianity was to prosper on the continent. Girls were to be educated to take their place in the new Christian monogamous family, to provide moral and practical support for men, and to bring up their children in the new faith. They were to be taught separately from boys where possible, by female teachers and with a differentiated curriculum dominated by sewing. Educational opportunities were expanded only insofar as women needed to provide fitting and accomplished marriage companions for educated men seeking to advance their careers in the new meritocratic society. (Contains 8 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10