Part one: Reflections on theory and historical truth
Teachers, memory and oral history
Workers, professionals, pilgrims
tracing Canadian women teachers' histories
Reflections on writing a history of women teachers
Connecting pieces
finding the indigenous presence in the history of women's education
Part two: Narrative inquiries
Disciplining the teaching body 1968-1978
progressive education and feminism in New Zealand
'To cook dinners with love in them'?
sexuality, marital status and women teachers in England and Wales, 1920-1939
Pathways and subjectivities of Portuguese women teachers through life histories
'To do the next needed thing'
Jeanes teachers in the Southern United States 1908-1934
Where Haley stood
Margaret Haley, teachers' work, and the problem of teacher identity
Index.