Home Planning or Employment for Every Girl
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Title
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Home Planning or Employment for Every Girl
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Creator
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Intermountain School
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Description
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By 1960, the growing backlash against women entering the workforce reached its peak. By then, the number of women receiving advanced degrees in science was at an all-time low. After World War II, educational curricula offered to girls and boys was differentiated by gender, in order to prepare them for their potential vocational futures.
This school newspaper publication from 1966 provides information about the type of education that was targeted to female students during that era. The source provides evidence of what was considered to be an academic program better suited for female students. In order to become future homemakers or find employment, these students were offered courses such as cooking, sewing, and child care training.
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Date
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May 1966
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Source
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May 1966 - Vol. 14, No. 3 issue of Smoke Signals from Intermountain School, the Intermountain School newspaper publication.
