Cristian Réka Mónika, Kérchy Anna (eds)

Pioneer Hungarian Women in Science and Education II


Life and Career

Like in other countries in Europe, the 19th century in Hungary saw a boom in girls’ education, owing in part to the enshrining of compulsory schooling age in national law and, in part as a result of that new legislation, to the ensuing modernization of society and the rise of the middle class, which contributed to the gaining ground of women’s emancipation in various respects, legislative, economic, and cultural. The age of dualism (the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary) encouraged heated debate about the desirable content of women’s education, the secondary and university training of girls and the vocation and employment of women. Antonia De Gerando’s rich and multifarious career as a school planner, advocate and author of treatises on education theory was instrumental in shaping girls’ education during the period, while her groundbreaking works in teaching methodology pointed toward reform pedagogy. De Gerando was particularly influential in Transylvania, where she remains venerated to this day as one of the greatest Hungarian pedagogue thinkers ever.

Pioneer Hungarian Women in Science and Education II

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Kiadó: Akadémiai Kiadó

Online megjelenés éve: 2023

ISBN: 978 963 454 927 7

In this sequel to the first volume of Pioneer Hungarian Women in Science and Education published in 2022, editors Réka M. Cristian and Anna Kérchy present the portraits of twenty-two prominent Hungarian women scholars, scientists and educators who made pioneering contributions to Hungary’s scientific achievement over the centuries. Some of the women introduced in the sixteen chapters come from traditional disciplines such as pharmacy, medicine, historiography, engineering, mathematics, archeology, psychology, and philosophy, while others furthered on fields not necessarily viewed, especially at the time, as science or scholarship proper, but which are nonetheless deeply intellectual, such as physical, special needs, reform, or music education, feminism, and historic preservation. The book offers a bird’s eye view summary of the accomplishments reached and challenges faced by these exceptional Hungarian female academics and intellectuals.

Hivatkozás: https://mersz.hu/cristian-kerchy-pioneer-hungarian-women-in-science-and-education-ii//

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