What did early classroom materials and teaching say and teach about gender between 1900 and 1959?
Hypothesis
The educational system during the early 20th century played a critical role in engendering young men and women through curriculum, classroom resources, and the hidden curriculum. The education system, particularly after 1930, engendered women into roles of passivity and nurturing and limiting their future choices. The education system streamed young men into traditional male virtues of bravery, strength, and aggressiveness.
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