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Key class numbers and search terms
Key references, latest academic works and acquisitions
Periodicals
Press cuttings and ephemera
Zines and artist books
Electronic resources
Archives (personal and organsational papers)
Museum (object, textiles and visual materials)
Identifying images
Web archive
Further information
The Women's Library, founded in 1926 as the Library of the London Society for Women's Service, exists to document and explore women's lives in Britain in the past, now and in the future. Printed material, ephemera, archives, oral histories and museum objects together form The collections include a wide range of resources for the study of women and education. In addition to contemporary books, pamphlets and periodicals on women's education and gender in the classroom the collections also contain early conduct manuals and advice literature for young women and a range of career guides for girls. School and college magazines and newsletters and journals for women teachers are all represented in the collection. The Library also holds scrapbooks of press cuttings on women and education and a range of archives of organisations promoting women's education and the papers and letters of individual educationalists.
Key class numbers and search terms
The printed collections of The Women's Library are arranged in the Dewey Decimal Classification and listed on the online catalogue, available in the Reading Room and via the website. Key class numbers and search terms for education include:
Key reference sources
The Library holds the following bibliographies, useful for identifying further information and material on the subject:
Astin, Helen S., Sunniewick, Nancy and Dweck, Susan. Women: a bibliography on their education and careers. New York: Behavioral Publications, [1974]. Reading Room 016.3314
Barr, Barbara. Histories of girls' schools and related biographical material. Leicester: Librarians of Institutes and Schools of Education, 1984 . Pamphlet 016.376630941
'Education: contexts, controversies and change' in Kramer, Barbara Women in English social history 1800-1914: a guide to research in three volumes. New York: Garland, 1990. p660-809 Reading Room 016.305420942
Parker, Franklin. Women's education: a world view. Vol 2 Annotated bibliography of books and reports London: Greenwood, 1981. Reading Room 016.376
Weiner, Gaby. Gender and education bibliography. [s.l.]: Open University, 1988. O.S. Pamphlet 016.37019345
'Women in education' in Hannam, Hughes, Ann and Stafford, Pauline, British women's history: a bibliographical guide Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1996. p125-129 Reading Room 016.30540941
The Women's Library's most recently published and newly available acquisitions
Periodicals
The Library holds a wide range of periodicals on women, including academic titles, popular magazines and campaigning newsletters. Some relevant periodical titles on education are Gender and education, The woman teacher, Gen: an anti-sexist education journal and The parents' review. Further periodical titles on the subject can be identified through the online catalogue.
For further guidance on identifying periodicals click here.
Press cuttings and ephemera
The presscuttings collections cover the whole of the 20th century and are particularly valuable for identifying contemporary comment where retrospective online newspaper coverage is unavailable. The Library holds a wealth of microfilmed cuttings, up to 1979, on education. The biographical press cuttings supplement the printed biographies collection and are a useful source of information about women educationalists, particularly working at a local level, where information is less likely to be available in mainstream sources.
The Library's ephemera collection contains information relating to women's organisations, including leaflets, flyers, minutes of meetings, agendas and all kinds of campaign literature. It includes ephemera for the British Federation of Women Graduates, Inner London Education Authority, Women's Education Resource and Research Centre, etc.
Zines and artist books
The Library's collections currently include more than 350 zines and 27 artist books some of which explore education.
Electronic resources
Electronic resources (online journals and databases) are currently only available to London Metropolitan University staff and students, and can be accessed via the online catalogue with their institutional identification and password. London Metropolitan Academic Liaison Librarians have provided a list of relevant e-resources.
Archives (personal or organisational papers)
A brief guide to the archives is available on The Women's Library's website. Further details of archives available for research can be found in the archive and museum collections catalogue or in the hard copy catalogues available in the Reading Room on the shelves adjacent to the Enquiry Desk. The following archives, including records of organisations, societies, campaigns, personal papers and letters, relate to education:
5CHE Committee for Promoting the Higher Education of Women
5FWI National Federation of Women's Institutes
6CFW Records of Careers for Women
6ICS Records of the Institute for Consumer Sciences
6IHE Records of the Institute of Home Economics
6UKH Records of the United Kingdom Home Economics Federation
6WIC Records of Women into Computing
7ACA Papers of Alice Cameron
7HBE Papers of Helen Bentwich
7JCO Papers of Judith Condon
7MEP Papers of Margaret E Pillow
7MGR Papers relating to Frances May Greenup, Joseph Greenup and Elizabeth Bridge
7SDS Papers of Lady Simon of Wythenshawe
7SMM Papers of Sarah Madeleine Martineau
8LWR Records of Lincolnshire Women's Research Group
9/04 Autograph Letter Collection: Female Education
Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon papers on microfilm
Museum (objects, textiles and visual materials)
This Collection includes badges, postcards, photographs, posters, textiles, some ceramics and other objects. Further details of museum objects available for research can be found in the archive and museum collections catalogue or in the hard copy catalogues available in the Reading Room on the shelves adjacent to the Enquiry Desk. A selection of images from the collection can be viewed at the Mary Evans Picture Library Museum objects on this topic can be located in the catalogue using terms such as education, career, school, and university. Specifically the Library holds a collection of postcards on women and education, a box of portraits of women involved in education and posters on career opportunities for girls and women.
Identifying images
Images can be found throughout The Women's Library's collections. Many digital images are available on Flickr, Vads, the archives catalogue (click on the number in the left hand side) and Mary Evans Picture Library. Use Mary Evans Picture Library's fast service for a non-watermarked high resolution images suitable for publication. If you require an image which has not been digitised you are welcome to use our reprographic service. Normal copyright conditions will apply.
Web Archive
This collection of web sites about Women's Issues is maintained by the British Library in collaboration with the Women's Library, London Metropolitan University. The collection was established in 2005 and has regularly collected web sites since then. It includes sites of women's organisations and campaigns, research reports, government publications and statistics pertaining to women, personal sites of women, such as blogs, and women focused e-zines. Specifically relevant to edcuation are sites such as
Further information
The staff of The Women's Library can help you find material relating to your subject area; please don't hesitate to ask. You can contact the Information Desk staff prior to your visit via email twlinfodesk@londonmet.ac.uk, by telephone 020 7320 3515 or in person at the Information Desk when in the Reading Room.
Image references: Wollestonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797. A vindication of the rights of woman : with strictures on political and moral subjects. London : printed for J.Johnson, 1792. Cavendish Bentinct Library 305.42 WOL ; Banner. National Union of Women Teachers. TWL.1998.35 ; Schools. 1938. 15th Ed. London : Truman & Knightley Ltd., [1938]. 371.025 SCH
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