And They Were Wonderful Teachers : Florida's Purge of Gay and Lesbian Teachers / Karen L. Graves.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graves, Karen, 1959- (author).

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gay teachers--Dismissal of--Florida--History.

Gay teachers.

Lesbian teachers--Dismissal of--Florida--History.

Lesbian teachers.

Discrimination in education--Florida--History.

Discrimination in education.

Florida.

Florida. Legislature. Legislative Investigation Committee.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource (229 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

University of Illinois Press 2009

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2009]

Summary:

"And They Were Wonderful Teachers: Florida's Purge of Gay and Lesbian Teachers is a history of state oppression of gay and lesbian citizens during the Cold War and the dynamic set of responses it ignited. Focusing on Florida's purge of gay and lesbian teachers from 1956 to 1965, this study explores how the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee, commonly known as the Johns Committee, investigated and discharged dozens of teachers on the basis of sexuality.Karen L. Graves details how teachers were targeted, interrogated, and stripped of their professional credentials, and she examines the extent to which these teachers resisted the invasion of their personal lives. She contrasts the experience of three groups--civil rights activists, gay and lesbian teachers, and University of South Florida personnel--called before the committee and looks at the range of response and resistance to the investigations. Based on archival research conducted on a recently opened series of Investigation Committee records in the State Archives of Florida, this work highlights the importance of sexuality in American and education history and argues that Florida's attempt to govern sexuality in schools implies that educators are distinctly positioned to transform dominant ideology in American society." -- Publisher's description.

Contents:

Politics of intimidation in the Sunshine State

A stealth investigation

Silence will not protect you

Doing the public's business

A profession at risk.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture.

Other Format:

Print version: Graves, Karen L. And They Were Wonderful Teachers

ISBN:

9780252047053

0252047052

9780252076398

0252076397

OCLC:

1409028558