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Cora Wilson Stewart and Kentucky's Moonlight Schools: Fighting for Literacy in America

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Availability:In StockContributor:Yvonne Honeycutt BaldwinPublish date:2/1/2006Pages:258
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813123783ISBN-10:081312378XUPC:9780813123783Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, EducationBook Subcategory:Educators, HistorySize:9.14 x 6.40 x 1.01 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCYD8GBDB4

Cora Wilson Stewart and Kentucky's Moonlight Schools: Fighting for Literacy in America

The first woman elected superintendent of schools in Rowan County, Kentucky, Cora Wilson Stewart (1875-1958) realized that a major key to overcoming the illiteracy that plagued her community was to educate adult illiterates. To combat this problem, Stewart opened up her schools to adults during moonlit evenings in the winter of 1911. The result was the creation of the Moonlight Schools, a...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KentuckyISBN-13:9780813123783ISBN-10:081312378XUPC:9780813123783Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, EducationBook Subcategory:Educators, HistorySize:9.14 x 6.40 x 1.01 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCYD8GBDB4
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

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