Explores women's organizations and their various educational contributions through local, state, and national networks from 1890 to 1960. This book considers how race, ethnicity, social class, religion, and gender influenced women's groups and the history of education as a whole.

The contributors investigate how women united to support and sustain education in both formal and informal settings, and examine various associations.

Introduction
C.Woyshner &
A.M.Knupfer
PART I: ADVANCING HIGHER EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL WORK FOR WOMEN
Extending College Education to Southern Women
J.M.Johnson
"Forwarding Our Great Purpose of Research in Education"
L.M.Hines
Cold War Women
L.Puaca
PART II: EXPANDING WOMEN'S INFLUENCE IN POLITICS AND SOCIAL REFORM INSTITUTIONS
The National College Equal Suffrage League
J.Nidiffer
Latter-Day Knights
E.Mieras
"The Worker Must Have Bread, But She Must Have Roses Too"
L.Rohan
PART III: "UPLIFTING THE RACE"
The Student YMCA
S.Cochrane
"I Think I'd Like to Have the Experience of Meeting a Negro"
M.Gasman
Linked Together in Service
K.Sanders-McMurthy &
N.Woods Haydel
PART IV: SCHOOLING CHILDREN
"Politics Are Quite Perplexing"
B.Beatty
"We Are From the City, and We Are Here to Educate You"
A.Knecht
The Suburban PTA and the Good Life
C.Keenan.