The National PTA, Race, and Civic Engagement, 1897-1970 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Woyshner, Christine A.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 2009.
Series:	Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:	Education > Parent participation. Education > Parent participation > United States > History. National PTA (U.S.) National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers. National PTA (U.S.) > History. National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers > History. United States. History. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

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.

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