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Kaufman, Polly Welts – 1984
This book presents letters, a personal narrative, and a diary relating the experiences of nine women teachers who traveled from the East to teach on western frontiers before the Civil War. During 1846-56, the National Popular Education Board recruited 600 experienced teachers from New England and New York State; trained them in Hartford,…
Descriptors: Diaries, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
