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Gender, Change and Identity: Mature Women Studies in Universities »

Authors: Barbara Merrill
ISBN-13: 9781840149937, ISBN-10: 1840149930
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Limited
Date Published: July 1999
Edition: (Non-applicable)

	Preface
1	Gender Issues in Adult and Higher Education: Concepts, Perspectives and Research	1
2	Drawing on Theory: Combining Action, Structure and Feminism	22
3	Researching Women's Lives: Interviews as Life Histories	45
4	Warwick University: Culture, Context and Community	66
5	Connecting the Past with the Present: The Impact of Education, Gender and Class	83
6	Employment, Domesticity and the Quest for Fulfilment	103
7	Learning a Mature Student Career: Adjustment and Consolidation	127
8	Experiencing University Life: Intersections of Public and Private Worlds	154
9	Present and Future Biographies: Changing Lives and Future Hopes	174
10	Transforming Women's Lives: Education as Empowerment?	199
	Bibliography	211
	Index	225