TY - JOUR
AU - Waswo, Ann
AB - REVIEWS of the graded school men. But he relates how many regretted these allegiances as the Democrats secured control and quickly moved from the notion that blacks could not vote to a notion that they could not learn. While lawmakers fought over funding and ideology, men and, particularly, women, continued to work at the local level, particularly in the Women's As~ sociation for the Betterment of Public School Houses (WABPS). This group, which funded cleaning and rebuilding schoolhouses and educated children about sanitation and health, was successful because it was organized on a local basis and did not provoke the hostility that some national education movements did when they worked in the South. Leloudis expertly recreates the culture of the WABPS, showing how it became an important social and political outlet for educated middle~class white women, though he might have placed the organiza~ tion more firmly within the national context of Progressive women's movements and clubs. The final chapter, the "Riddle of Race," highlights the particular problems faced by African~American educators and parents. Whites resented paying taxes for educating black children even though twice as much money was spent on each white child. Even when money came from national 
TI - Modern Japan: A Social History since 1868. By J. E. Thomas (London and New York: Addison Wesley Longman Limited, 1996. xii plus 340pp.)
JF - Journal of Social History
DO - 10.1353/jsh/31.4.979
DA - 1998-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/modern-japan-a-social-history-since-1868-by-j-e-thomas-london-and-new-RTa63CBFi2
SP - 979
EP - 980
VL - 31
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -