{"product_id":"home-work-by-ruby-oram-9780226844336","title":"Home Work","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow reforms to girlhood education in the Progressive Era cemented inequalities of gender, race, and class in urban school systems.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eHome Work\u003c\/em\u003e, historian Ruby Oram tells the story of how middle-class, white women reformers lobbied the state to implement various public education reforms to shape the lives of girls and women in industrial cities between 1870 and 1930. Women such as Jane Addams and Florence Kelley used education reform to target working-class communities and advocate for their middle-class ideals of girlhood and femininity, which could vary depending on the racial or socio-economic backgrounds of the girls. For example, reformers generally encouraged white girls to care for their future families, while pushing Black girls toward becoming domestic workers in others' homes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUsing Chicago as a case study, Oram also explores how many of the reforms sought by white women were in response to evolving anxieties about immigration, health, and sexual delinquency.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn illuminating addition to the history of urban education in America, \u003cem\u003eHome Work\u003c\/em\u003e enriches our understanding of educational inequality in twentieth-century schools.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46871404249324,"sku":"9780226844336","price":105.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/20671643482268.jpg?v=1759877865","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/home-work-by-ruby-oram-9780226844336","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}