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And They Were Wonderful Teachers: Florida´s Purge of Gay and Lesbian Teachers
Karen L. Graves
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Description for And They Were Wonderful Teachers: Florida´s Purge of Gay and Lesbian Teachers
Paperback. A stirring examination of how Cold War repression and persecution extended to gay and lesbian teachers in Florida Num Pages: 216 pages, 1 map, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; JFSK; JNKH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
And They Were Wonderful Teachers: Florida's Purge of Gay and Lesbian Teachers is a history of state oppression of gay and lesbian citizens during the Cold War and the dynamic set of responses it ignited. Focusing on Florida's purge of gay and lesbian teachers from 1956 to 1965, this study explores how the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee, commonly known as the Johns Committee, investigated and discharged dozens of teachers on the basis of sexuality.
And They Were Wonderful Teachers: Florida's Purge of Gay and Lesbian Teachers is a history of state oppression of gay and lesbian citizens during the Cold War and the dynamic set of responses it ignited. Focusing on Florida's purge of gay and lesbian teachers from 1956 to 1965, this study explores how the Florida Legislative Investigation Committee, commonly known as the Johns Committee, investigated and discharged dozens of teachers on the basis of sexuality.
Karen L. Graves details how teachers were targeted, interrogated, and stripped of their professional credentials, and she examines the extent to which these teachers resisted ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252076398
SKU
V9780252076398
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About Karen L. Graves
Karen L. Graves is an associate professor of education at Denison University and the coeditor of Inexcusable Omissions: Clarence Karier and the Critical Tradition in History of Education Scholarship.
Reviews for And They Were Wonderful Teachers: Florida´s Purge of Gay and Lesbian Teachers
Critics Choice Book Award of the American Educational Studies Association (AESA), 2010. "A worthwhile history for both activists and educators."
SocialistWorker.org "Important not only to scholars of sexual orientations but also to those who study the civil rights movement and issues related to academic freedom."
H-Florida "This book offers detailed and compelling evidence of institutional and social hostility toward lesbian ... Read more
SocialistWorker.org "Important not only to scholars of sexual orientations but also to those who study the civil rights movement and issues related to academic freedom."
H-Florida "This book offers detailed and compelling evidence of institutional and social hostility toward lesbian ... Read more