Schoolwomen of the prairies and plains: personal narratives from Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska, 1860s-1920s
Mary Hurlbut Cordier
This lively book, now available in paperback, focuses on the women responsible for educating prairie children. Most were natives of the region, often teenaged girls away from home for the first time. Teaching under difficult circumstances, schoolwomen not only struggled to meet their students' needs but also used all the means at their disposalsummer institutes, normal schools, and even reading programs by mailto upgrade their own educational credentials.
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Jahr:
1997
Verlag:
University of New Mexico Press
Sprache:
english
ISBN 10:
082631774X
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EPUB, 2.67 MB
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english, 1997