Educational Work of Women's Organizations, 1890-1960

, by Knupfer, Anne Meis; Woyshner, Christine

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ISBN: 9780230600072 | 0230600077
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 12/15/2007

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This book explores women's organizations and their various educational contributions through local, state, and national networks from 1890 to 1960.Contributors investigate how women united to support and sustain education in both formal and informal settings, and examine various associations.

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Introduction: Women, Volunteerism, and Education	p. 1
Advancing Higher Education and Professional Work for Women
"Standing Up for High Standards": The Southern Association of College Women	p. 17
"Forwarding Our Great Purpose of Research in Education": Women and Educational Research in Pi Lambda Theta, 1920-60	p. 39
Cold War Women: Professional Guidance, National Defense, and the Society of Women Engineers, 1950-60	p. 57
Expanding Women's Influence in Politics and Social Reform Institutions
The National College Equal Suffrage League	p. 81
Latter-Day Knights: College Women, Social Settlements, and Social Class in the Progressive-Era United States	p. 101
"The Worker Must Have Bread, but She Must Have Roses, Too": The Education Programs of the Women's Trade Union League, 1908-26	p. 121
"Uplifting the Race"
The Student YWCA: Intersections of Gender, Religion, and Race, 1915-25	p. 143
"I Think I'd Like to Have the Experience of Meeting a Negro": New York City's White Society Women Raise Funds for Black Colleges, 1944-60	p. 163
Linking Friendship and Service: Education and Philanthropy among the Black Elite, 1946-60	p. 179
Schooling Children
"Politics Are Quite Perplexing": Bessie Locke and the National Kindergarten Association Campaign, 1909-60	p. 195
"We Are from the City, and We Are Here to Educate You": The Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs and Tallulah Falls School	p. 215
The Suburban PTA and the Good Life, 1920-60	p. 235
Contributors	p. 251
Index	p. 255
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