The Educational Work of Women s Organizations, 1890 1960
The Educational Work of Women s Organizations, 1890 1960 Edited by Anne Meis Knupfer and Christine Woyshner
THE EDUCATIONAL WORK OF WOMEN S ORGANIZATIONS, 1890 1960 Copyright Anne Meis Knupfer and Christine Woyshner, eds., 2008. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2008 978-0-230-60007-2 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. First published in 2008 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 and Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England RG21 6XS. Companies and representatives throughout the world. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin s Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-36943-0 ISBN 978-0-230-61012-5 (ebook) DOI 10.1057/9780230610125 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the Library of Congress. A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Scribe First edition: January 2008 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
To Marcelinda Alesch Meis, grandmother, teacher, and musician To my parents, Leonard and Dorothy Woyshner
C ONTENTS Introduction Women, Volunteerism, and Education 1 Christine Woyshner and Anne Meis Knupfer Part I Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Part II Advancing Higher Education and Professional Work for Women Standing Up for High Standards : The Southern Association of College Women 17 Joan Marie Johnson Forwarding Our Great Purpose of Research in Education : Women and Educational Research in Pi Lambda Theta, 1920 60 39 Laurie Moses Hines Cold War Women: Professional Guidance, National Defense, and the Society of Women Engineers, 1950 60 57 Laura Micheletti Puaca Expanding Women s Influence in Politics and Social Reform Institutions Chapter 4 The National College Equal Suffrage League 81 Jana Nidiffer Chapter 5 Latter-Day Knights: College Women, Social Settlements, and Social Class in the Progressive-Era United States 101 Emily Mieras
viii Chapter 6 Part III Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Part IV Chapter 10 Chapter 11 The Worker Must Have Bread, but She Must Have Roses, Too : The Education Programs of the Women s Trade Union League, 1908 26 121 Liz Rohan Uplifting the Race The Student YWCA: Intersections of Gender, Religion, and Race, 1915 25 143 Sharlene Voogd Cochrane 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 60 163 Marybeth Gasman Linking Friendship and Service: Education and Philanthropy among the Black Elite, 1946 60 179 Kijua Sanders-McMurtry and Nia Woods Haydel Schooling Children Contents Politics Are Quite Perplexing : Bessie Locke and the National Kindergarten Association Campaign, 1909 60 195 Barbara Beatty We Are from the City, and We Are Here to Educate You : The Georgia Federation of Women s Clubs and Tallulah Falls School 215 Andra Knecht Chapter 12 The Suburban PTA and the Good Life, 1920 60 235 Claudia J. Keenan Contributors 251 Index 255