Elizabeth (Betty) Loosley: Adult Education and Research Excellence
Submission Purpose
Main Conference
Submission Purpose
Main Conference
Type of Proposal
Paper: Empirical
Abstract
Elizabeth (Betty) Wyeth Magee Loosley (1911-1994) was an artist and researcher, and one of the best educated women working with the Canadian Association for Adult Education (CAAE, founded 1935) in the 1950s and 1960s. This paper uses archival and interview data to examine her achievements and contributions to the CAAE. This study helps us understand our field’s gendered history and development.
Keywords
gender, writing, research, history, archives
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 License
Recommended Citation
English, L. M.
(2018).
Elizabeth (Betty) Loosley: Adult Education and Research Excellence.
Adult Education Research Conference.
https://newprairiepress.org/aerc/2018/papers/34
Elizabeth (Betty) Loosley: Adult Education and Research Excellence
Elizabeth (Betty) Wyeth Magee Loosley (1911-1994) was an artist and researcher, and one of the best educated women working with the Canadian Association for Adult Education (CAAE, founded 1935) in the 1950s and 1960s. This paper uses archival and interview data to examine her achievements and contributions to the CAAE. This study helps us understand our field’s gendered history and development.
