An all‐round education: The board of education’s policy for the leisure‐time training of girls, 1939–50

Penny Tinkler

doi:10.1080/0046760940230404

An all‐round education: The board of education’s policy for the leisure‐time training of girls, 1939–50

Penny Tinkler

Sociology

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Maintains that leisure-time training not only further institutionalized adolescence in mid-century Britain but also perpetuated sexual stereotypes of passivity and service for young women. In contrast to the boys' training, girls' indoctrination stressed physical appearance, femininity, and servitude. (MJP)

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	385-403
Number of pages	19
Journal	History of Education
Volume	23
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/0046760940230404
Publication status	Published - 1994

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