History of Immigrant Female Students in Chicago Public Schools, 1900--1950

This dissertation uses historical analysis of the 1900--1950 era of Americanization, immigration, and school response. The study group is female students primarily from Chicago's major immigrant communities: Irish, Jewish, Italian, and Polish. Previous histories on immigrant education used ethnic differences to explain disparities in educational attainment among Irish, Italian, Polish, and Jewish immigrant groups. However, these studies used data, which primarily focused on the male members of these ethnic groups. This study found that gender and the lack of opportunity to attend school affects educational attainment more than ethnic differences regarding the value of education. It also found similarities across cultures in parental expectations regarding the nature and purpose of education for female children.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Robinson, Stephanie Nicole

Contributors dc:contributor

• Anderson, James D.

• Education, Bilingual and Multicultural

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3044209

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/79675