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Challenge and Change in Appalachia : The Story of Hindman Settlement School.
Title:
Challenge and Change in Appalachia : The Story of Hindman Settlement School.
Author:
Stoddart, Jess.
ISBN:
9780813149547
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (321 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. "Mixin' Larns Both Parties": The Beginnings -- 2. The Women's Christian Temperance Union School, 1902-1915 -- 3. "Broadening Out": Hindman Settlement School, 1915-1932 -- 4. "The Best School in the Mountains" -- 5. The Challenges of a Changing World, 1932-1977 -- 6. A Wider Sphere of Influence: Hindman Settlement School Today -- 7. "Arousing the Neighborhood": The Community Development Initiative -- Appendix 1. Social Settlements and Settlement Workers: An Essay in Appalachian Historiography -- Appendix 2. Faculty and Staff, 1925-1926 -- Appendix 3. A Chronology of Hindman Settlement School -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
The first and most successful rural social settlement school in the United States lies at the forks of Troublesome Creek in Knott County, Kentucky. Since its founding in 1902 by May Stone and Katherine Pettit, the Hindman Settlement School has received accolades for the quality of its education, health, and community services that have measurably improved the lives of people in the region. Challenge and Change in Appalachia is the story of a groundbreaking center for education that transformed a community. The School's farms and extension work brought modern methods to the area. At the same time, the School encouraged preservation of the region's crafts and music. Today, unique programs for dyslexic children, work in adult education, and cultural heritage activities make the School a model for rural redevelopment.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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