Teaching and family: either or both? : Work and family among women primary school teachers in northern Sweden, c. 1860–1937
This study examines the life and career trajectories of teachers recruited to primary schools in coastal northern Sweden. A variety of historical sources are combined to construct collective biographies which include approximately 500 primary school teachers divided in four birth cohorts. Main findi...
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ftumeauniv:oai:DiVA.org:umu-182590 2023-10-09T21:54:30+02:00 Teaching and family: either or both? : Work and family among women primary school teachers in northern Sweden, c. 1860–1937 Marklund, Emil 2023 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-182590 https://doi.org/10.1080/03468755.2023.2198538 eng eng Umeå universitet, Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier Umeå universitet, Institutionen för tillämpad utbildningsvetenskap Abingdon Scandinavian Journal of History, 0346-8755, 2023, 48:4, s. 503-529 orcid:0000-0002-0180-5762 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-182590 doi:10.1080/03468755.2023.2198538 ISI:000963053600001 Scopus 2-s2.0-85152384372 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess women teachers work and family life history collective biography source pluralism Pedagogy Pedagogik History Historia Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2023 ftumeauniv https://doi.org/10.1080/03468755.2023.2198538 2023-09-22T14:01:39Z This study examines the life and career trajectories of teachers recruited to primary schools in coastal northern Sweden. A variety of historical sources are combined to construct collective biographies which include approximately 500 primary school teachers divided in four birth cohorts. Main findings show that women teachers with a teaching certificate came to constitute a majority of the teachers from the 1870s and onwards in the rural region studied. These women teachers were increasingly inclined to form a family of their own and the share that never became mothers decreased continuously during the studied period. Furthermore, among those who formed a family the practice to return to work when the children were older increased over time. Towards the end of the 19th century having children became an increasingly available option among women teachers and a few decades later it had become common. In sum, through the combination of multiple sources, this study suggests that women primary school teachers in Sweden were able to combine family and teaching well before these rights were protected by law in 1939. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden Umeå University: Publications (DiVA) Scandinavian Journal of History 1 27 |
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This study examines the life and career trajectories of teachers recruited to primary schools in coastal northern Sweden. A variety of historical sources are combined to construct collective biographies which include approximately 500 primary school teachers divided in four birth cohorts. Main findings show that women teachers with a teaching certificate came to constitute a majority of the teachers from the 1870s and onwards in the rural region studied. These women teachers were increasingly inclined to form a family of their own and the share that never became mothers decreased continuously during the studied period. Furthermore, among those who formed a family the practice to return to work when the children were older increased over time. Towards the end of the 19th century having children became an increasingly available option among women teachers and a few decades later it had become common. In sum, through the combination of multiple sources, this study suggests that women primary school teachers in Sweden were able to combine family and teaching well before these rights were protected by law in 1939. |
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Teaching and family: either or both? : Work and family among women primary school teachers in northern Sweden, c. 1860–1937 |
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Teaching and family: either or both? : Work and family among women primary school teachers in northern Sweden, c. 1860–1937 |
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Teaching and family: either or both? : Work and family among women primary school teachers in northern Sweden, c. 1860–1937 |
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Teaching and family: either or both? : Work and family among women primary school teachers in northern Sweden, c. 1860–1937 |
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Teaching and family: either or both? : Work and family among women primary school teachers in northern Sweden, c. 1860–1937 |
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teaching and family: either or both? : work and family among women primary school teachers in northern sweden, c. 1860–1937 |
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Umeå universitet, Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier |
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