The National PTA, Race, and Civic Engagement, 1897-1970 /

Woyshner, Christine A.

The National PTA, Race, and Civic Engagement, 1897-1970 / Christine Woyshner. - 1 online resource (277 pages): ill., maps - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Introduction: the national PTA, race, and civic engagement -- "No hats to be worn" : organizing the National Congress of Mothers -- "To work more effectively and gain better leadership experience" : the founding of the National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers -- "For convenience of a better education and training for my people" : organizational growth and stability -- Making America "strong from within" : school lunches, civics, and intergroup relations -- Diminishing as it advanced : the unification of the PTA -- Epilogue : civil society and public education.

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National PTA (U.S.)
National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers.
National PTA (U.S.)--History.
National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers--History.


Education--Parent participation.
Education--Parent participation--History.--United States


United States.


History.
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