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Seattle's women teachers of the interwar years : shapers of a livable city

Title
  1. Seattle's women teachers of the interwar years : shapers of a livable city / Doris Hinson Pieroth.
Published by
  1. Seattle : University of Washington Press, ©2004.
Author
  1. Pieroth, Doris Hinson.

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Description
  1. 283 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Summary
  1. "In Seattle's Women Teachers of the Interwar Years, Doris Pieroth describes the contributions of a remarkable group of women who dominated the Seattle public school system in the early years of the twentieth century and helped to produce well-educated citizens who were responsible for the widespread philanthropic, volunteer, and municipal activities that came to characterize the city." "While most publications on the history of education have emphasized theory or administration, Pieroth focuses on individual teachers. Set against the backdrop of a developing city, the book provides vivid portraits of educated, strong, ambitious women making successful careers at a time when job opportunities for women were very limited."
  2. "Pieroth interviewed as many of these women as she could find, and quotes from the interviews enhance here lively, well-written narrative. Using details drawn from local newspapers and school publications, she demonstrates that the influence of this cohort of women made modern Seattle the livable place that it remains today. Seattle's Women Teachers of the Interwar Years is a significant contribution to the history of Seattle and the region, to women's history, and to the history of education."--Jacket.
Subject
  1. 1900-1999
  2. Geschichte 1919-1940
  3. Women teachers > Washington (State) > Seattle > History > 20th century
  4. Teachers > Washington (State) > Seattle > History > 20th century
  5. Education > Washington (State) > Seattle > History > 20th century
  6. Education
  7. Teachers
  8. Women teachers
  9. Lehrerin
  10. Schule
  11. Washington (State) > Seattle
  12. Seattle, Wash
Genre/Form
  1. History.
Contents
  1. New century, new city, new schools -- 1920 and beyond -- Quality of life : home, school, transportation -- Perpetuating the Seattle way : cadets and a demonstration school -- Principals : saints, ogres, and legends -- Dealing with diversity -- Genteel militants -- Beyond the classroom -- Leaving the classroom.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Note
  1. "A McLellan book."
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-268) and index.