Fit to teach : same-sex desire, gender, and school work in the twentieth century / Jackie M. Blount.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blount, Jackie M., 1959- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homosexuality and education--United States--History--20th century.

Homosexuality and education.

Gay teachers--United States--History--20th century.

Gay teachers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York State : State University of New York Press, [2005]

Summary:

Honorable Mention, 2006 History of Education Society's Outstanding Book AwardWinner of the 2005 Critics' Choice Award presented by the American Educational Studies AssociationJackie M. Blount offers a history of school workers in the United States who have desired persons of the same sex as well as those who have transgressed conventional gender bounds. Despite recent impressive social and political gains for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons, schools remain a zone of great vulnerability for the larger LGBT movement. This thoroughly researched, vivid, and engaging book details the largely untold story of how this state of affairs developed during the twentieth century. It also profiles some of the remarkable people who have risked their careers by brilliantly organizing for LGBT rights, openly challenging discriminatory laws and practices, and educating their communities about conditions for LGBT school workers and students alike.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Gender and Sexual Transformation of School Work

Passing Through That Phase of Homosexuality

A Spinster’s Profession

A Rising Threat

The New Moral Menace to Our Youth

Sometimes You Just Have to Take a Stand

How Sweet It Is!

By the Students

Epilogue

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-222) and index.

ISBN:

9780791484166

0791484165