ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION Chapter I. Schools and Books: Public Education, Racial Uplift in the Woman's Era, and Literary Studies Chapter II. Go South about 800 Miles: Clubwomen, Missionary Teachers and A Voice From the South Chapter III. Iola Leroy and the Responsibility to Teach Chapter IV. Girls In and Out of School: Education, Community and Nation in Kelley-Hawkins and Hopkins Chapter V. To Create a Generation Unfit for Slavery: Defining Democratic Education EPILOGUE: Public Education and the Properties of Young People WORK CONSULTED