The National PTA, Race, and Civic Engagement, 1897-1970
Woyshner, Christine A.
The National PTA, Race, and Civic Engagement, 1897-1970 [electronic resource] / Christine Woyshner. - Columbus : Ohio State University Press, c2009. - 1 online resource (x, 277 p. :) ill., maps ; - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-271) and index.
Introduction: the national PTA, race, and civic engagement -- "No hats to be worn" : organizing the National Congress of Mothers -- "To work more effectively and gain better leadership experience" : the founding of the National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers -- "For convenience of a better education and training for my people" : organizational growth and stability -- Making America "strong from within" : school lunches, civics, and intergroup relations -- Diminishing as it advanced : the unification of the PTA -- Epilogue : civil society and public education.
9780814271704 0814271707
National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers--History.
National PTA (U.S.)--History.
Education--Parent participation--History.--United States
Electronic books.
LC225.5 / .W69 2009
371.19/206073
The National PTA, Race, and Civic Engagement, 1897-1970 [electronic resource] / Christine Woyshner. - Columbus : Ohio State University Press, c2009. - 1 online resource (x, 277 p. :) ill., maps ; - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-271) and index.
Introduction: the national PTA, race, and civic engagement -- "No hats to be worn" : organizing the National Congress of Mothers -- "To work more effectively and gain better leadership experience" : the founding of the National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers -- "For convenience of a better education and training for my people" : organizational growth and stability -- Making America "strong from within" : school lunches, civics, and intergroup relations -- Diminishing as it advanced : the unification of the PTA -- Epilogue : civil society and public education.
9780814271704 0814271707
National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers--History.
National PTA (U.S.)--History.
Education--Parent participation--History.--United States
Electronic books.
LC225.5 / .W69 2009
371.19/206073