Breaking boundaries: women in higher education

Simonetta Polenghi ^[1] ; Tanya Fitzgerald ^[2]
1. [1] Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
  
  Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
  
  Milán, Italia
2. [2] University of Western Australia
  
  University of Western Australia
  
  Australia
Localización: Paedagogica Historica: International journal of the history of education, ISSN 0030-9230, Vol. 56, Nº. 6, 2020 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Breaking boundaries: Women in higher education), págs. 724-728
Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
- Over the last century, higher education has profoundly changed the contours of women’s lives. While securing an academic or professional qualification has significantly opened up opportunities for educated women, the shifting possibilities for work have not been uniformly experienced. Themes of resistance, moral outrage, and bureaucratic invisibility emerge to highlight the continuities and discontinuities women faced irrespective of circumstance of national identity