Description Normal 0 false false false EN-IE X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Focusing on the part played by Dominican women in schools and colleges from 1820 to 1930, this book brings new findings to the history of the Catholic education of women and makes an important contribution to the general history of education in Ireland. While the Dominicans were engaged in primary education from 1820, they were more involved in running boarding and day schools which catered for secondary education. Table of Contents Introduction: Dominican ethos in education Primary Education Secondary Education Women’s higher education Widening horizons We should have shrivelled up and died About the Author Normal 0 false false false EN-IE X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Máire M. Kealy OP is a retired teacher at primary and secondary level and is a Dominican Sister.
