1878-1899: Education
1878-1899: Chapter Five: Education
by HARRIETT WILLIAMS
CONTENTS
CHRONOLOGY 148
OVERVIEW 154
TOPICS IN THE NEWS
American Colleges Develop Research Roles 156
Assimilation and Federal Indian Education 157
City Schools, Country Schools 159
High-School Life 160
Educating Women 160
Expanding Educational Opportunities for the Masses 161
The Weaker Sex 162
Industrial Training for African Americans 163
Vacation Schools 164
Public Education in the South 165
Chautauqua 165
Public Education of African Americans 166
Opportunity 166
Public School Textbooks 167
Teachers and Teaching 168
HEADLINE MAKERS
Felix Adler 169
Mother Mary Regis Casserly 170
Colonel Francis Wayland Parker 172
Ellen Swallow Richards 173
PUBLICATIONS 174
Sidebars and tables are listed in italics.
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