Learning femininity in colonial India, 1820–1932 (Studies in Imperialism, 136)

Synopsis

A Unique Longitudinal Study Of Women In Colonial India, This Book Examines Their Life Experiences And How Their Position Changed, Both Personally And Professionally, Over More Than A Century Of British Rule. Introduction: Learning Femininity In Colonial India, 1820-1932 -- Finding Feminine Scholars, 1820-65 -- Shaping A New Eurasian Moral Body, 1840-67 -- Mary Carpenter And Feminine 'rescue' From Europe, 1866-77 -- Both Sides Of The Mission Wall, 1875-84 -- Female Medical Care : A New Professional Learning Space, 1865-90 -- Feminine Missionary Medical Professionalism And Secular Medical Feminists, 1880-1927 -- Code School Accomplishments And Froebel : Race And Pedagogy, 1883-1903 -- 'better Mothers' : Feminine And Feminist Educators And Thresholds Of Indian Female Interaction, 1870-1932 -- Loreto And The Paradigm Of Piety, 1890-1932. Tim Allender. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.