For more information on the published version, visit Cambridge University Press's Website., During and after the American Civil War, individual state governments, faced with numerous economic demands, struggled to meet the...
Mary Ritter Beard was a pioneering scholar in women's history and a social reformer during the Progressive Era. She campaigned for women's suffrage, advocated improved conditions for the working class, and critiqued women's...
The 150th anniversary of the American Civil War has brought renewed interest in the war itself and in how social studies educators teach the Civil War in their U.S. history courses. The authors encourage teachers to use social...
Beginning as a school for Civil War orphans, the Scotland School for Veterans' Children became a unique center for education in the heart of Pennsylvania. The school aimed to develop disciplined, patriotic and productive...
Bair, Sarah D. Seabiscuit. In American Sports: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas, edited by Murry R. Nelson, Vol. 4, 1170-1173. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood, 2013., Seabiscuit was the quintessential American racehorse....
Bair, Sarah D. The Struggle for Community and Respectability: Black Women School Founders and the Politics of Character Education in the Early Twentieth Century. Theory and Research in Social Education 37, no. 4 (2009):...