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Making the Grade : Plucky Schoolmarms of Kittitas Country
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- Summary
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Former Kittitas country schoolmarms reflect fondly on teaching in remote locales between 1914 and 1942. Facing their ordeals with creativity, dedication, and pluck, the young educators enhanced the...
Former Kittitas country schoolmarms reflect fondly on teaching in remote locales between 1914 and 1942. Facing their ordeals with creativity, dedication, and pluck, the young educators enhanced the lives of children, and earned the adoration of rural populations.
Details
- Creator
- Barb Owen
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University Press, 2008
- ©2008
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (240 pages): illustrations, maps, portraits
- ISBNs
- 9781636820781, 1636820786, 9781636821160, 1636821162, 0874222990
- OCLC
- on1398570992
- Sharpen up your six-shooter: Elsie Hodgson Schnebly, 1914-17 -- Woodpecker College: Marie Pierson Lowe, 1914-18 -- So much fun: Florence Foltz Fischer, 1916-18 -- You get that there certificate: Grace Hanks McQueen, 1918-23 -- They needed a teacher right then: Fern Charlton Haberman, 1919-22 -- They'll throw her right through the window, first day: Helen "Nell" Donald Hadley, 1920-22 -- I always wanted to teach: Ruby Gustafson Haberman, 1925-30 -- No woman teach my boys: Theresa Mus McKnight, 1925-27 -- Where is that teacher: Mary Hartman Gustafson, 1925-27 -- Howdy schoolmarm: Verna Boedcher Watson, 1925-27 -- Lumber camp schoolmarm: Ethel Robinson Saxby, 1926-27 -- Is the ocean as big as our wheat field: Emma Darter Utz, 1934-60 -- The seats went ka-bang: May Spurling Jankowski, 1939-42