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Peer reviewedGrathwohl, Linda – Great Plains Quarterly, 1993
In North Dakota during 1948, the Committee for Separation of Church and State succeeded in passing an "anti-garb" initiative, which targeted Catholic nuns who taught in public schools because of a teacher shortage. The committee protested the wearing of the religious habit claiming it had a religious influence on students. (KS)
Descriptors: Catholic Educators, Catholics, Dress Codes, Educational History
