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One-Room School Heroes: The Feminization of Rural Schools

Award Winner

Recipient of the 9th Annual Graduate Student Symposium Award, Oral Presentations, Presidential Room - Second Place (2016)

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Presentation Type

Oral Presentation (Electronic Copy Not Available)

Keywords

Rural schools--Iowa--History; Women teachers--Iowa--History;

Abstract

The history of education is a central aspect of Iowa’s past, but rural schools and their teachers are often overlooked. This essay examines some of the reasons schools and communities had difficulties in keeping teachers prior to school consolidation in the mid-twentieth century.

Start Date

6-4-2016 3:15 PM

End Date

6-4-2016 3:35 PM

Year of Award

2016 Award

Faculty Advisor

Dr. Leisl Carr-Childers

Department

Department of History

Comments

Location: Presidential Room, Maucker Union

Embargo Date

4-6-2016

Electronic copy is not available through UNI ScholarWorks.

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Apr 6th, 3:15 PM Apr 6th, 3:35 PM

One-Room School Heroes: The Feminization of Rural Schools

The history of education is a central aspect of Iowa’s past, but rural schools and their teachers are often overlooked. This essay examines some of the reasons schools and communities had difficulties in keeping teachers prior to school consolidation in the mid-twentieth century.