| Cultivating the Rosebuds: The Education of Women at the Cherokee Female Seminary, 1851-1909 Contributor(s): Mihesuah, Devon A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0252066774 ISBN-13: 9780252066771 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $27.72 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1997 Annotation: Established by the Cherokee Nation in 1851 in present-day eastern Oklahoma, the nondenominational Cherokee Female Seminary was one of the most important schools in the history of American Indian education. Devon Mihesuah explores its curriculum, faculty, administration, and educational philosophy. Recipient of a 1995 Critics' Choice Award of the American Educational Studies Association. 24 photos. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Native American - Social Science | Women's Studies - Education | History |
| Dewey: 376.089 |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 5.97" W x 8.95" (0.82 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Recipient of a 1995 Critics' Choice Award of the American Educational Studies Association Established by the Cherokee Nation in 1851 in present-day eastern Oklahoma, the nondenominaional Cherokee Female Seminary was one of the most important schools in the history of American Indian education. Devon Mihesuah explores its curriculum, faculty, administration, and educational philosophy. " An] important work. . . . It tells the fascinating and occasionally poignant story of the Cherokee Female Seminary, which enrolled its first class of 'Rosebuds, ' as the seminarians called themselves, in 1851." --Choice "I recommend it to any serious student of the Cherokee people." -- Robert J. Conley, author of Mountain Windsong "Of the many books about Cherokee history, few deal with the issue of acculturation in the post-removal period and none so effectively as Devon Mihesuah's Cultivating the Rosebuds." -- Nancy Shoemaker, Western Historical Quarterly "Required reading for anyone remotely interested in the history of Native American education." -- David W. Adams, History of Education Quarterly |