Strategies for survival and success: Dominican teachers 1931‐1961

Abstract

Young women who entered the Dominican Sisters in the years before the Second Vatican Council3 lived in semi‐enclosure and took vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. As women religious they engaged in a life of teaching and prayer that was underpinned by notions of sacrifice and self‐effacement. In order to understand the teaching experiences of these women it is necessary to first understand something about the history of Catholic education in New Zealand and the context in which the New Zealand Dominican Sisters lived and worked.

Citation

Collins, J. (2004), "Strategies for survival and success: Dominican teachers 1931‐1961", History of Education Review, Vol. 33 No. 1, pp. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1108/08198691200400001