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Bending the Future to Their Will: Civic Women, Social Education, and Democracy » (304th Edition)

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Authors: Margaret Smith Crocco (Editor), O. L. Davis
ISBN-13: 9780847691128, ISBN-10: 0847691128
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Date Published: October 1999
Edition: 304th Edition

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Author Biography: Margaret Smith Crocco

Book Synopsis

This lively and thought-provoking collective biography uncovers the contributions of past women educators who promoted a distinctive vision of citizenship education. A distinguished group of scholars, including editors Margaret Smith Crocco and O. L. Davis, Jr., consider the lives and perspectives of eleven women educators and social activists concerned over the last century with issues of difference in schools and society.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
1Introduction1
2Considering the Source: Mary Sheldon Barnes17
3Lucy Maynard Salmon: Progressive Historian, Teacher, and Democrat47
4"Widening the Circle": Jane Addams, Gender, and the Re/Definition of Democracy73
5Shaping Inclusive Education: Mary Ritter Beard and Marion Thompson Wright93
6Lucy Sprague Mitchell: Teacher, Geographer, and Teacher Educator125
7Bessie Louise Pierce and Her Contributions to the Social Studies149
8Rachel Davis DuBois: Intercultural Education Pioneer169
9Composing Her Life: Hilda Taba and Social Studies History185
10Alice Miel: Progressive Advocate of Democratic Social Learning for Children207
11The Search for a Coherent Curriculum Vision: Hazel Whitman Hertzberg235
12Courage, Conviction, and Social Education253
Index277
About the Contributors289

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