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| Title: | A New Look at Colonial Women: British Teachers and Activists in Uganda, 1898-1962 |
| Author: | Tripp, Aili M. |
| Year: | 2004 |
| Periodical: | Canadian Journal of African Studies |
| Volume: | 38 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pages: | 123-156 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic terms: | Uganda Great Britain |
| Subjects: | colonialism women's education Women's Issues History and Exploration Education and Oral Traditions Religion and Witchcraft Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) Historical/Biographical Education and Training Labor and Employment |
| External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/4107270 |
| Abstract: | Much of the literature on colonial women implicitly or explicitly adopts the lens of 'domesticity' to explore the ways in which European women's activities served the broader colonial project. The education that early missionary women provided is said to have been geared toward making African women into better wives of 'Westernized' African men. This article shows that throughout the history of colonialism in Uganda, missionary women, female colonial administrators, and educators fought for women's rights through the promotion of girls' education and women's clubs. They saw both indigenous cultures and the colonial administration as imposing constraints on women's advancement. While they were keen to improve domestic skills, these were seen as a stepping stone to women's advancement in the public sphere as well. They provided links to international women's movements, and their education helped expand women's occupations from education and nursing to the professions, business and politics, especially in the post-World War II years. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. in French. [ASC Leiden abstract] |
