Volume 98 in the long running series of Yearbooks from the Dutchess County (NY) Historical Society.

The annual publication of the Dutchess County Historical Society.

From the longest-running historical journal in New York comes the 2020 edition which showcases the aspirations and achievements of the women of Dutchess County, on the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote nationally.

This is a collection of Oral histories and first person narratives, observations and perceptions. Topics covered include stories about: Marching with Sherman : Dutchess County's 150th Regiment, Miss Hannah W. Lyman Vassar College's first lady principal, The Legacy of Maple Grove, Ice Yachting (1899-1935), James A Hughes recollections of Early Vassar Hospital, Bridge of Dreams (about the Poughkeepsie Rail Bridge) and The Art of Pastry and the founding of Frank Cordaro's La Deliziosa Pastry Shoppe. Its fun to read about beginnings.

This book reviews the history of the Highlander Folk School (Summerfield, Tennessee) and describes school programs that were developed to support Black and White southerners involved in social change. The Highlander Folk School was a small, residential adult education institution founded in 1932. The first section of the book provides background information on Myles Horton, the founder of the school, and on circumstances that led him to establish the school. Horton's experience growing up in the South, as well as his educational experience as a sociology and theology student, served to strengthen his dedication to democratic social change through education. The next four sections of the book describe the programs developed during the school's 30-year history, including educational programs for the unemployed and impoverished residents of Cumberland Mountain during the Great Depression; for new leaders in the southern industrial union movement during its critical period; for groups of small farmers when the National Farmers Union sought to organize in the South; and for adult and student leadership in the emerging civil rights movement. Horton's pragmatic leadership allowed educational programs to evolve in order to meet community needs. For example, Highlander's civil rights programs began with a workshop on school desegregation and evolved more broadly to prepare volunteers from civil rights groups to teach "citizenship schools," where Blacks could learn basic literacy skills needed to pass voter registration tests. Beginning in 1958, and until the school's charter was revoked and its property confiscated by the State of Tennessee in 1961, the school was under mounting attacks by highly-placed government leaders and others because of its support of the growing civil rights movement. Contains 270 references, chapter notes, and an index. (LP)

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