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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