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In Belgium, as elsewhere, girls’ education constituted a critical step toward autonomy. Struggles to gain access to secondary education acquired a particular intensity, however, given the political context and the priority Belgian feminism accorded to women’s economic emancipation.
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© 2010 James C. Albisetti, Joyce Goodman, and Rebecca Rogers
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Gubin, E. (2010). Politics and Anticlericalism: Belgium. In: Albisetti, J.C., Goodman, J., Rogers, R. (eds) Girls’ Secondary Education in the Western World. Secondary Education in a Changing World. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230106710_9
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