"Moral Philosophy and Curricular Reform": Catharine Beecher and Nineteenth-Century Educational Leadership for Women

Autor/in	Lewis, Gladys S.
Titel	"Moral Philosophy and Curricular Reform": Catharine Beecher and Nineteenth-Century Educational Leadership for Women
Quelle	In: Forum on Public Policy Online, 2009 (2009) 2, (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1938-9809
Schlagwörter	Females; Instructional Leadership; United States History; Educational History; Womens Education; Family Influence; Religious Education; Sex Role; Philosophy; Conflict; Parent Child Relationship; Social Attitudes; Moral Values; Educational Change; Physical Health; Social Networks; Writing for Publication; Clergy; Home Economics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliches Geschlecht; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; Kirchliche Erziehung; Religionserziehung; Religionspädagogik; Geschlechterrolle; Philosophie; Konflikt; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Bildungsreform; Gesundheitszustand; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Klerus; Hauswirtschaft; Hauswirtschaftslehre
Abstract	Catharine Beecher, daughter of Lyman Beecher and reared in New England Calvinism, struggled against it as a means of acquiring life orientation. Convinced of the mind's superiority in resolving moral and ethical matters, she developed pioneering views on women's education with its three linchpins, which became known as moral philosophy: (1) transference of soul salvation from theological to social grounds; (2) creation of a moral code to regulate behavior without the presence of an angry God; and (3) assumption of a new class of moral guardians to promote this code. In 1823, she opened The Hartford Female Seminary, in Hartford, Connecticut; and went on to establish the Western Female Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio. She helped in the formation of women's colleges in Burlington, Iowa; Quincy, Illinois; and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Although Beecher later incorporated support for childhood education, her priority was to women's education as teachers and writers in her curricular advances. This article examines Beecher's educational program, its curriculum, her emphasis on physical health for women, the way she changed the role of teaching as a career for women, and her extensive writings that show the far-reaching influence of Beecher in opening educational and writing careers to women. (Contains 38 footnotes.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10