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feminization of teaching  

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  • The term feminization of teaching carries at least two meanings. The first refers to the historical circumstances by which women came to dominate the teaching profession in the middle to late 19th century in the United States and elsewhere, particularly the field of elementary school teaching. [Source: Encyclopedia of Diversity in Education; Feminization of Teaching]

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