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Subject(s)

• Lucy Cobb Institute (Athens, Ga.)—History [Browse]
• Spelman Seminary (Atlanta, Ga.)—History [Browse]
• Women—Education—Southern States—History [Browse]
• Women—Education—United States—History [Browse]
• African American women—Education—Southern States—History [Browse]
• Women, White—Education—Southern States—History [Browse]
• Women—Southern States—Social conditions [Browse]

Series

• Women, gender, and sexuality in American history. [More in this series]
• Women, gender, and sexuality in American in history

Summary note

"Secondary level female education played a foundational role in reshaping women's identity in the New South. Sarah H. Case examines the transformative processes involved at two Georgia schools--one in Atlanta for African-American girls and young women, the other in Athens and attended by young white women with elite backgrounds. Focusing on the period between 1880 and 1925, Case's analysis shows how race, gender, sexuality, and region worked within these institutions to shape education. Her comparative approach shines a particular light on how female education embodied the complex ways racial and gender identity functioned at the time. As she shows, the schools cultivated modesty and self-restraint to protect the students. Indeed, concerns about female sexuality and respectability united the schools despite their different student populations. Case also follows the lives of the women as adult teachers, alumnae, and activists who drew on their education to negotiate the New South's economic and social upheavals"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-213) and index.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• The "perfection of sacred womanhood" : educating young ladies at the Lucy Cobb Institute, 1880-1908
• Clubwomen, educators, and a congresswoman : Lucy Cobb Alumnae
• Training "leaders of their own race" : the educational mission of Spelman Seminary
• Respectability and reform : Spelman Alumnae.

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Other title(s)

Project Muse UPCC books.

ISBN

• 9780252041235 (hardcover)
• 0252041232 (hardcover)
• 9780252082795 (paperback)
• 0252082796 (paperback)

LCCN

^^2017011655

OCLC

983824445

RCP

H - S

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