Non-Monographic Section Articles
Schools for working women, schools for misses: female professional schools in liberal Italy (1878-1914)
Published 2017-06-27
Keywords
- female education;,
- vocational education;,
- female vocational education;,
- liberal Italy;,
- middle classes;
How to Cite
Martinelli, C. (2017). Schools for working women, schools for misses: female professional schools in liberal Italy (1878-1914). Rivista Di Storia dell’Educazione, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.4454/rse.v4i1.25
Abstract
The paper analyzes vocational feminine schools in Italy between 1878 and 1914 and points out a dramatic shift occurred during the ’90. Before 1890s, feminine vocational schools were aimed at training perspective manual workers. Eventually, the growing requests for skilled housekeepers modified those schools strikingly.