Argues that the Commission on Interracial Cooperation, the most extensive civil rights organization in the South in the 1920s and '30s, gained its authority and longevity through networking with external elites, not through developing a broad indigenous constituency. Presents an overview of the organization's history and leadership. (KH)

Examines the institutional history of public schools in the United States in the context of gender, and investigates gender practices and policies in the context of formal education. There was far less gender segregation in classrooms under the control of teachers than in informal groups of children outside adult supervision. (BJV)

Published in 1922, this book examines changes in rural life during the 19th century, and resulting problems and effects on rural schooling in the early 20th century. The book suggests that by the early 20th century, rural schools had lost their former importance to the community and were far behind compared to the progress of urban schools. The…

A local community (Tullahoma, Tennessee, in this case) can serve as a good example to students of how a given locale fits into a geographic region and exhibits characteristics which are both typical and atypical of the region in general. Tullahoma typifies the rapid social and economic change which has characterized the South since the 1930s. In…

Both economically and socially, Iowa farm women played important roles in supporting and maintaining the rural population during the 1930s. They continued their patterns of production for consumption and for income, and during the Depression this production constituted a larger and more significant part of the household economy. Women kept large…

The history of immigration to Norwalk and Westport, Connecticut, from the Revolutionary War period to 1979 is presented. The reading is part of a project to investigate the ethnically varied cultural heritage of the Norwalk-Westport area. It is arranged in two major sections. Section I focuses on Westport--described as an attractive suburban town…