Lives of women public schoolteachers : scenes from American educational history / Madelyn Holmes, Beverly J. Weiss.

Author/creator Holmes, Madelyn, 1945-
Other author Weiss, Beverly J.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Garland Pub., ©1995.
Descriptionx, 249 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects

Variant title Lives of women public school teachers
SeriesGarland reference library of social science ; v. 833
Women's history and culture ; v. 8
Garland reference library of social science ; v. 833. ^A654520
Women's history and culture ; 8. ^A278732
Contents Women teachers in New England -- Teaching in Salem, Massachusetts, 1830s-1860s : Mary Lakeman Shepard and Mary Jane Fitz / Madelyn Holmes -- Student and teacher at the first state normal school in the United States : Electa Lincoln Walton (1824-1908) / Beverly J. Weiss -- Teacher and principal at the first state normal school : Ellen Hyde (1838-1926) / Beverly J. Weiss -- Massachusetts normalites migrate West -- Teaching in the midwest : Catherine Tilden Avery (1844-1911) / Beverly J. Weiss -- Teaching in normal schools : Lelia E. Patridge (1844-1920) / Beverly J. Weiss -- Teaching on the East and West Coasts -- Rural schoolteachers, 1870s-1940s : Josephine Newhall and Gene Bond / Madelyn Holmes -- Twentieth-century urban schoolteachers, 1920s-1960s : Mary O'Neill Mulcahy and Lucy Arline Jenson / Madelyn Holmes -- Teaching in segregated schools in the South -- An African American teacher in Washington, D.C. : Marion P. Shadd (1856-1943) / Beverly J. Weiss -- A white teacher in Alexandria, Virginia : Cora Kelly (1868-1953) / Madelyn Holmes -- Conclusion : In praise of teachers, past and present.
Local noteLittle-291735--305130045059Z
Local noteLittle-292679--305131001020G
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [239]-243) and index.
LCCN 95003112
ISBN0815308388 (acid-free paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks LA2311 .H58 1995 ✔ Available Place Hold