Challenge and change in Appalachia : the story of Hindman Settlement School /

Stoddart, Jess, 1937-

Challenge and change in Appalachia : the story of Hindman Settlement School / Jess Stoddart. - Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2002. - 1 online resource (xii, 308 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-292) and index.

Mixin' larns both parties : the beginnings -- The Women's Christian Temperance Union School, 1902-1915 -- Broadening out : Hindman Settlement School, 1915-1932 -- The best school in the mountains -- The challenges of a changing world, 1932-1977 -- A wider sphere of influence : Hindman Settlement School today -- Arousing the neighborhood : the community development initiative.

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The first and most successful rural social settlement school in the United States lies at the forks of Troublesome Creek in Knott County, Kentucky. Since its founding in 1902 by May Stone and Katherine Pettit, the Hindman Settlement School has received accolades for the quality of its education, health, and community services that have measurably improved the lives of people in the region. Challenge and Change in Appalachia is the story of a groundbreaking center for education that transformed a community. The School's farms and extension work brought modern methods to the area. At the same ti.


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Hindman Settlement School--History.
Hindman Settlement School
Hindman (Ky.)--Hindman Settlement School.


Education, Rural--Kentucky--Case studies.
Enseignement en milieu rural--Kentucky--Études de cas.
EDUCATION--History.
EDUCATION--Comparative.
Education, Rural
États-Unis--Appalaches.
Appalaches (États-Unis)


Kentucky


Case studies
History

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