School Board Women and Active Citizenship in Scotland, 1873-1919

Autor/in	McDermid, Jane
Titel	School Board Women and Active Citizenship in Scotland, 1873-1919
Quelle	In: History of Education, 38 (2009) 3, S.333-347 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0046-760X
Schlagwörter	Citizenship; Females; Elections; Foreign Countries; Boards of Education; Gender Bias; Feminism; Advocacy; Social Change; Citizen Participation; Educational History; Women Administrators; Social Class; Politics; Religion; United Kingdom (Scotland) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Staatsbürgerschaft; Weibliches Geschlecht; Election; Wahl; Ausland; Ausschuss; Geschlechterstereotyp; Feminismus; Sozialanwaltschaft; Sozialer Wandel; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Weibliche Führungskraft; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Politik
Abstract	Although the number of women who served on Scotland's school boards (1873-1918) was not large, they made the case for female representation on public bodies both through their electoral campaigns and their record of office. Many were simultaneously active on parish and town councils and in feminist causes, with a few in the labour movement from the 1890s. Some were honoured for their work by being made Fellows of the Educational Institute of Scotland which, though opposed to school boards, recognised that these women not only made important contributions to local politics but cumulatively, and in a few instances personally, had an impact on Scotland as a whole. A significant number were members for between three and seven terms (nine to 21 years) and some continued to stand for election in the 1920s when educational authorities replaced school boards, supported first by the Association for Promoting Lady Candidates at School Board and Parochial Elections, and subsequently by women citizens' associations. School board women propounded a civic maternalism through their advocacy of social reforms, but working across the committee structures enabled them to help shape policy more generally. Their service was local but the wider aim was to secure representation of women in national and indeed imperial affairs. Their strategy of putting forward a "ladies' platform" in elections may have reinforced traditional notions of women's place but, through their campaigns for and service on school boards, these women set an example of active citizenship. (Contains 81 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10