Going Public through Education: Female Reformers and Girls’ Schools in Late Qing Beijing
Author(s)
Cheng, Weikun
Abstract
The establishment of girls’ schools during the late Qing period represented a major turning point in Chinese women’s history, as traditional, home-based education for girls gradually evolved into a modern popular educational system. Girls’ schools served as vehicles for social change, offering women an exit from the inner chamber into the public arena.
