Revitalizing the Xianyuan (worthy ladies) tradition: Women in the 1898 reforms

Modern China

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 399-454

  Qian, Nanxiu ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

1898 Reform Movement; Education for Chinese women; History of women; Tradition and modernity; Xue Shaohui

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; GENDER RELATIONS; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; REFORM PROCESS; WOMENS STATUS;

CHINA;

EID: 0142259655     PISSN: 00977004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0097700403256781     Document Type: Article

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