Why Girls' Schools Matter

Reflections of a Lifelong Advocate

Whitney Ransome

• Publisher: River Grove Books
• Year: 2024
• eBook ISBN: 9781632999467
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Didattica
• Subtopic: Biografie in ambito educativo

In Why Girls' Schools Matter, Whitney "Whitty" Ransome writes about her 20-year involvement with the National Coalition of Girls' Schools (NCGS), now the International Coalition of Girls' Schools, a nonprofit that helped reverse the decline of girls' schools that began in the 1970s.

Ransome draws from personal experience growing up in an era that put girls in second place and tells how that experience informed her decision to spend her career advocating for the education of girls and women. As a result of her work, she co-found and co-directed NCGS with Meg Moulton. Part memoir, part history, the book tells the story of how a handful of girls' school leaders launched a movement that transformed girls' education around the world. The entrepreneurial organization shaped by Ransome and Moulton was based on collaboration, research, and outreach. The formula they crafted offers a timely reminder of the power of partnership.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Author’s Note
• Introduction
• I Becoming a Girls’ School Advocate
• II Title IX and Its Impact on Girls’ Education
• III Documenting the Girls’ School Advantage
• IV The Power of Collaboration
• V Organizational Models Ahead of Their Time
• VI The Early Years of CGBS
• VII The Merger
• VIII The Right Place at the Right Time
• IX The Importance of Girls’ Public Schools
• X Crafting the Message
• XI Building an Entrepreneurial Enterprise
• XII Transitions and Celebrations
• XIII Let’s Talk About Money
• XIV The Global Road
• XV A New Decade
• XVI Leave Taking
• XVII Continuing the Work
• XVIII Parting Words
• Appendices
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author