Leaders of their race : educating black and white women in the new South / Sarah H. Case.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Case, Sarah H., author.

Series:

Women in american history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lucy Cobb Institute (Athens, Ga.)--History.

Lucy Cobb Institute (Athens, Ga.).

Spelman Seminary (Atlanta, Ga.)--History.

Spelman Seminary (Atlanta, Ga.).

Women--Education--Southern States--History.

Women.

Women--Education--United States--History.

African American women--Education--Southern States--History.

African American women.

Women, White--Education--Southern States--History.

Women, White.

Women--Southern States--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (pages cm.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana, Chicago, Springfield, [Illinois] : University of Illinois Press, 2017.

Summary:

"Secondary level female education played a foundational role in reshaping women's identity in the New South. Sarah H. Case examines the transformative processes involved at two Georgia schools--one in Atlanta for African-American girls and young women, the other in Athens and attended by young white women with elite backgrounds. Focusing on the period between 1880 and 1925, Case's analysis shows how race, gender, sexuality, and region worked within these institutions to shape education. Her comparative approach shines a particular light on how female education embodied the complex ways racial and gender identity functioned at the time. As she shows, the schools cultivated modesty and self-restraint to protect the students. Indeed, concerns about female sexuality and respectability united the schools despite their different student populations. Case also follows the lives of the women as adult teachers, alumnae, and activists who drew on their education to negotiate the New South's economic and social upheavals"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Women, Education, and the New South

1 The "Perfection of Sacred Womanhood": Educating Young Ladies at the Lucy Cobb Institute, 1880-1908

2 Clubwomen, Educators, and a Congresswoman: Lucy Cobb Alumnae

3 Training "Leaders of Their Own Race": The Educational Mission of Spelman Seminary

4 Respectability and Reform: Spelman Alumnae

Conclusion: Race, Respectability, and Sexuality in Women's Education

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780252099847

0252099842

OCLC:

993752335