What is it about?
This presents a review of Jane Gilmore's biography of Margaret Bailey, a pioneering headmistress of Ascham School, a private girls' school in Sydney Australia established in 1886.
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Why is it important?
Aside from leading one of Australia's oldest girls' school in the early to mid twentieth century, Margaret Bailey was one of the few educationalists in Australia who implemented the Dalton Plan in her school.
Perspectives
This book is an important addition to the biographical literature on women who owned, operated and led schools for girls in Australia.
Dr Josephine May
University of Newcastle
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This page is a summary of: Margaret Bailey: Pioneering Headmistress of Ascham SchoolMargaret Bailey: Pioneering Headmistress of Ascham School Jane Gilmore Australian Scholarly Publishing Melbourne 2016 xiii+189pp. ISBN: 978-1-925333-67-1, History of Education Review, October 2017, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/her-06-2017-0013.
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