The historiography of education for girls and women in the United States

Rethinking the History of American Education

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 143-159

  Nash, Margaret A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230610460_6     Document Type: Chapter

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