Cora Wilson Stewart and Kentucky's moonlight schools : fighting for literacy in America / Yvonne Honeycutt Baldwin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baldwin, Yvonne Honeycutt, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educators--Kentucky--Biography.

Educators.

Literacy--Kentucky--History--20th century.

Literacy.

Adult education--Kentucky--History--20th century.

Adult education.

Stewart, Cora Wilson, 1875-1958.

Stewart, Cora Wilson.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 248 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Cora Wilson Stewart (1875--1958) was an elementary school teacher and county school superintendent in eastern Kentucky who, in the fall of 1911, decided to open the classrooms in her district to adult pupils. Convinced that education could eliminate the poverty that plagued the region, she founded the Moonlight School movement, ultimately designed to combat illiteracy. The movement's motto, ""Each one teach one,"" characterized education as the responsibility of every literate citizen. Stewart's Moonlight Schools caught on quickly, and when the state legislature created the Kentucky Illiter

Contents:

Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Making of a Reformer; 2. The Moonlight Campaign; 3. Moonlight Schools and Pregressivism; 4. Nationalizing the Illiteracy Campaign; Photo insert; 5. The National Crusade against Illiteracy; 6. A New Vision; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-244) and index.

ISBN:

0-8131-3832-9

1-283-23279-0

9786613232793

0-8131-7165-2

OCLC:

65376450