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‘Fors Clavigera’, the Young Women of Whitelands College, and the Temptations of Social History

by History of Education Society | Sep 4, 2014

By Christopher BischofOn the first of May each year from the 1880s onward the young women at Whitelands teacher training college in London celebrated by throwing to the wind the timetable that normally dictated how their every moment would be spent.  Instead,...

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