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Author Kolodny, Kelly Ann, author

Title Normalites : the first professionally prepared teachers in the United States / Kelly Ann Kolodny
Published Charlotte, NC : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2014]
©2014

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Contents Cover; Series page; Normalites; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; Contents; Introduction; PART I: Normal School Studies; Chapter 1: Becoming Normalites; Chapter 2: Formal and Informal Learning Experiences; Chapter 3: Excursions and Visitors; Chapter 4: Partings; PART II: Entrance Into the World and Commencement of Teaching; Chapter 5: First Teaching Positions; Chapter 6: Challenges Encountered in Teaching and Developing Paths; PART III: Contexts and Transition Periods; Chapter 7: Family, Friendships, and Social Contexts
Chapter 8: Abolitionism, the Underground Railroad, and the Civil WarPART IV: Transformations of Normalites, Life Work, and Living to the Truth; Chapter 9: Louisa Harris and the Life of a Single Teacher; Chapter 10: Lydia Stow, First Woman School Board Member in Fall River and Founder of the Fall River Women's Union; Chapter 11: Mary Swift, Advocate of Education for the Deaf and Blind and Founder of the Boston Young Women's Christian Association; Chapter 12: Networks, Reunions, Visits, and Legacies; Archives, Libraries, Historical Societies, and Associations; Bibliography
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Teachers -- Training of -- United States -- History
Teachers colleges -- United States -- History
EDUCATION -- Essays.
EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
EDUCATION -- Reference.
Teachers colleges
Teachers -- Training of
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781623966904
1623966906