Women Teachers on the Frontier
by Polly Welts Kaufman
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ /Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0300030436
- ISBN 13
- 9780300030433
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About This Item
Minimal library distinctions, pocket intact, else appears as very unread, unblemished copy in Fine Boards & Poly Covered DJ displaying no surface/edge wear, as shown.
This book presents letters, a personal narrative, and a diary relating the experiences of nine women teachers who traveled from the East to teach on western frontiers before the Civil War. During 1846-56, the National Popular Education Board recruited 600 experienced teachers from New England and New York State; trained them in Hartford, Connecticut; and sent them to teach in frontier communities from western Pennsylvania to eastern Nebraska Territory, and also in Oregon. Part 1 discusses the economic, religious, and other personal reasons why many single women decided to migrate west, the training they received, and common aspects of their teaching experiences. The second section presents the diary of Arizona Perkins, who traveled from Connecticut to Fort Des Moines, Iowa, in 1850. Her diary, which details her life from November 1848 to June 1851, reveals her agonizing decision to go west, training in Hartford, struggles to succeed as a teacher in Iowa, and disillusionment with life in the West. The third section presents the letters of seven pioneer teachers that also express the problems of single working women in a pioneer society, and describe in detail where they lived and taught, which religious groups they encountered, and how they related to men. The last chapter in this section includes the personal narrative of Mary Gray McLench, one of five women teachers who traveled by ship to the Oregon Territory in 1851, a unique and and perilous journey. Appendices include materials from the National Popular Education Board, profiles of pioneer women teachers, and information on the lives of 224 pioneer women teachers. Contains photographs, illustrations, a bibliography, and an index
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- Eve's Reads (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #2175-20919
- Title
- Women Teachers on the Frontier
- Author
- Polly Welts Kaufman
- Format/Binding
- Xlib/Very Good Poly Protected DJ, (Travelling Library).
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Ed 2nd Prtg.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0300030436
- ISBN 13
- 9780300030433
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven, CT
- Date Published
- 1984
- Pages
- 270
- Keywords
- Women
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