DOCUMENT RESUME ED 466 434 SO 033 962 AUTHOR Crocco, Margaret Smith, Ed.; Davis, 0. L., Jr., Ed. TITLE Building a Legacy: Women in Social Education, 1784-1984. NCSS Bulletin. INSTITUTION National Council for the Social Studies, Washington, DC. REPORT NO NCSS-Bull-100 ISBN ISBN-0-87986-091-X PUB DATE 2002-00-00 NOTE 150p. AVAILABLE FROM National Council for the Social Studies, 8555 Sixteenth Street, Suite 500, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Tel: 301-588-1800; Fax: 301-588-2049; Web site: http://www.socialstudies.org/. PUB TYPE Books (010) Collected Works General (020) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC06 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Biographies; *Citizenship Education; Cultural Context; *Educational History; *Females; *Recognition (Achievement); *Scholarship; *Social Studies IDENTIFIERS Biodata; *Social Education ABSTRACT This collection of biographical articles presents several issues concerning story of women working in the social studies placing it within a broad intellectual and social context. Following the "Preface" (M. S. Crocco), the collection is divided into five chronological sections. The first section entitled, "Conceptualizing Social Education for a Growing Nation: 1784-1919," includes: Hannah Adams (S. Schwartz); Emma Hart Willard (M. B. Henning); Mary Downing Sheldon Barnes (F. E. Monteverde); Jane Addams (P. Munro); and Lucy Maynard Salmon (C. H. Bohan). The second section, "Becoming Partners in Citizenship Education: 1920-1945," contains: Mary Ritter Beard (S. Bair); Bessie Louise Pierce (M. R. Nelson); Ruth West (P. Robinson); Jessie Campbell Evans (A. G. DeWaal-Lucas); Lucy Sprague Mitchell (S. L. Field); Rachel Davis DuBois (O. L. Davis, Jr.); Helen Heffernan (K. Weiler); Elma Alva Neal (M. D. Davis); Hilda Taba (J. Bernard-Powers); Helen Merrell Lynd (J. W. Null); Eleanor Roosevelt (D. Perlstein); and Mary Gertrude Kelty (K. C. Barton). The third chronological section entitled, "Challenging Post-War Retrenchment: 1946-60," includes the following articles: Lavone A. Hanna (T. C. Howard); Alice Miel (E. A. Yeager); Myrtle Roberts (M. Black); Eunice I. Johns (K. C. Barton); Wilhelmina Hill (D. M. Shinew); Dorothy McClure Fraser (S. D. Van Hover); Alice Winifred Spieseke (M.P. Marino); Septima Poinsette Clark (A. Makler); Ella Josephine Baker (G. Gay); Marion Thompson Wright (M. S. Crocco); Nelda Mae Davis (C. J. Craig); Helen McCracken Carpenter (L. M. Burlbaw); Ruth Elizabeth Ellsworth (L. S. Levstik); and Maxine Dunfee (M. E. Haas). "Embracing the 'New Social Studies': 1961-1975," the fourth section, introduces: Stella Kern (A. S. Libresco); Adeline Brengle (P. Nickell); Jean Fair (J. Alleman); Jean Tilford Claugus (B. S. Stern); Fannie Raskin Shaftel (B. C. Rubin); and Edith West (A. Glenn and W. E. Gardner). The final chronological section entitled, "Debating Future Directions: 1976-1984," includes articles such as: Hazel Whitman Hertzberg (A. D. Mullen); Jean Dresden Grambs (J. M. Cirrincione and R. Jantz); Deborah Partridge Wolfe (S. D. Van Hover); June Chapin (K. Riley); Anna Sultanoff Ochoa-Becker (F. E. Monteverde); June V. Gilliard (L. Cary); Dorothy J. Skeel (R. W. Wilhelm); and Jo Ann Cutler Sweeney (C. Salinas). A Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. conclusion by M. S. Crocco and an index complete the collection. Individual articles contain references. (BT) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. Building a Legacy: Women in Social Education 1784-1984. NCSS Bulletin 100. Margaret Smith Crocco, Editor 0. L. Davis, Jr., Editor National Council for the Social Studies, Washington, D.C. 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Printed in the United States of America 5 4 3 2 1 DEDICATED TO ALL WOMEN SOCIAL EDUCATORS, PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE. 6 Table of Contents Preface 9 by Margaret Smith Crocco 1. Conceptualizing Social Education for a Growing Nation: 1784-1919 13 Introduction 15 by Margaret Smith Crocco Hannah Adams 21 by Sherry Schwartz Emma Hart Willard 23 by Mary Beth Henning Mary Downing Sheldon Barnes 25 by Frances E. Monteverde Jane Addams 29 by Petra Munro Lucy Maynard Salmon 31 by Chara Haeussler Bohan 2. Becoming Partners in Citizenship Education: 1920-1945 33 Introduction 35 by Margaret Smith Crocco Mary Ritter Beard 41 by Sara Bair Bessie Louise Pierce 43 by Murry R. Nelson Ruth West 45 by Paul Robinson Jessie Campbell Evans 47 by Ashley G. De Waal-Lucas Lucy Sprague Mitchell 49 by Sherry L. Field Rachel Davis DuBois 51 by 0. L. Davis, Jr. Helen Heffernan 53 by Kathleen Weiler Elma Alva Neal 55 by Matthew D. Davis Hilda Taba 57 by Jane Bernard-Powers Helen Merrell Lynd 59 by James Wesley Null Eleanor Roosevelt 61 by Daniel Perlstein Mary Gertrude Kelty 65 by Keith C. Barton 7 5 3. Challenging Post-war Retrenchment: 1946-60 67 Introduction 69 by Margaret Smith Crocco , Lavone A. Hanna 73 by Tyrone C. Howard Alice Miel 75 by Elizabeth Anne Yeager Myrtle Roberts 77 by Mary Black Eunice I. Johns 79 by Keith C. Barton Wilhelmina Hill 81 by Dawn M. Shinew Dorothy McClure Fraser 83 by Stephanie D. Van Hover Alice Winifred Spieseke 85 by Michael P. Marino Septima Poinsette Clark 87 by Andra Malder Ella Josephine Baker 89 by Geneva Gay Marion Thompson Wright 93 by Margaret Smith Crocco Nelda Mae Davis 95 by Cheryl J. Craig Helen McCracken Carpenter 97 by Lynn M. Burlbaw Ruth Elizabeth Ellsworth 99 by Linda S. Levstik Maxine Dunfee 101 by Mary E. Haas 4. Embracing the "New Social Studies": 1961-1975 103 Introduction 105 by Margaret Smith Crocco Stella Kern 109 by Andrea S. Libresco Adeline Brengle 111 by Pat Nickell Jean Fair 113 by Janet Alleman Jean Tilford Claugus 115 by Barbara Slater Stern Fannie Raskin Shaftel 117 by Beth C. Rubin Edith West 119 by Allen Glenn and William E. Gardner s 6 5. Debating Future Directions: 1976-1984 121 Introduction 123 by Margaret Smith Crocco Hazel Whitman Hertzberg 129 by Andrew Dean Mullen Jean Dresden Grambs 131 by Joseph M. Cirrincione and Richard Jantz Deborah Partridge Wolfe 133 by Stephanie D. Van Hover June Chapin 135 by Karen Riley Anna Sultanoff Ochoa-Becker 137 by Frances E. Monteverde June V. Gilliard 141 by Lisa Cary Dorothy J. Skeel 143 by Ron W. Wilhelm Jo Ann Cutler Sweeney 145 by Cinthia Salinas Conclusion 147 by Margaret Smith Crocco Contributors and Affiliations 151 Index 153 9 7 Preface MARGARET SMITH CROCCO This book has been a long time in the making. Why belief that a kind of intellectual fog, for which words that is so needs explaining, because the reasons are his- such as "sexism" and "patriarchy" have been used, in- torically significant. They suggest larger truths about hibited until quite recently the seeing of women as con- the state of historical research, gender equity, race rela- tributing agents to the social studies. tions, and of course, social studies as an academic en- This "insight" has made itself painfully obvious to terprise. This preface and the chapter narratives that anyone bringing feminist sensibilities to reading the his- follow are an effort to lay out these issues so that the tories of the social studies. As a result of the 75th anni- story of women working in the social studies can be versary of the founding of NCSS, several important placed within a broad intellectual and social context. works were published.2 This research has been valuable Social studies education is most commonly con- in establishing an "official history" of the social studies, ceived of as citizenship education. Since the birth of as manifest through the development of the premiere the republic, women have contributed towards this end organization of the field, NCSS. These narratives have in a variety of formal and informal ways. When women focused on "great men" from elite universities respon- of the late 18th century took on the role of "republican sible for shaping the field in institutionally sanctioned motherhood" by developing civic virtue in their off- ways.