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Gendered processes of recruitment to elite higher educational institutions in mid‐twentieth century Britain

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article uses rare and detailed data on matriculants to the University of Oxford during the middle decades of the twentieth century as a prism through which to consider gendered processes of recruitment to elite institutions. The article makes four key claims. First, the broader shifts in middle‐class women's labour market participation in
Eve Worth, Naomi Muggleton, Aaron Reeves
wiley   +1 more source

‘Expression is power’: Gender, residual culture and political aspiration at the Cumnock School of Oratory, 1870–1900

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article investigates the ways in which late‐nineteenth‐century students at Northwestern University's Cumnock School of Oratory mobilised elocution training and parlour performance to foster mixed‐gender public discourse. I use student publications to reconstruct parlour meetings in which women and men adapted traditions of conversational ...
Fiona Maxwell
wiley   +1 more source

Where's the beef? The feminisation of weight‐loss dieting in Britain and Scandinavia c.1890–1925

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract Representations of the slim body have traditionally been at the centre of scholarly interest in dieting culture, whereas food often remains a shadowy presence compared with more persistent themes of body discipline, slenderness and anti‐fat messages.
Emma Hilborn
wiley   +1 more source

History of medical education in neurosurgical training: moving from illustrations and cadaver dissections to virtual simulation. [PDF]

open access: yesAnn Med Surg (Lond)
Graziano F   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Use and Effectiveness of Different Emergency Contraception Methods Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in a Greek Clinic: A Cross-Sectional, Comparative, Observational Study. [PDF]

open access: yesClin Pract
Chatzilazarou A   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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