Spinsters, bachelors, and other gender transgressors in school employment, 1850-1990

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 83-101

  Blount, Jackie M ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.3102/00346543070001083     Document Type: Review

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