Eliza eta emakumearen hezkuntza XX. mendearen atarian

Abstract

The article examines the relationship between school, Church and women from the historical point of view. Within this field, it tries to show the basic role played by the school on the cultural construction of women gender. To this purpose it analyses the hegemonic education model of the late XIXth century, that is, the Catholic pedagogy concerning women, through the study of one particular Church school. This article develops two main ideas: firstly, it makes a critical revision of the conventional concept of Church –according to which the Catholic church is supposed to be a conservative, stained and out of day (antimodern) institution– by showing the flexibility and the dynamic character of the educational religious congregations; and secondly, it brings to light the importance of cultural and religious factors on the maintenance (reproduction) of cultural and mental structures as much as being active forces of social change.