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Dr. John Massey: Renowned Alabama Educator during a Period of Challenge and Change for Higher Education in the State
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Dr. John Massey: Renowned Alabama Educator during a Period of Challenge and Change for Higher Education in the State

Barbara White and Dale Flesher
The Alabama review, Vol.72(1), pp.37-57
01/2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/ala.2019.0013

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Despite the opportunity, vast differences remained between the facilities and financial support available to white and black schools. [...]many schools began to focus educational programs on practical, more career-oriented curricula. Normal schools, for instance, became popular as a way to educate teachers who were in greater demand due to the effects of the war. [...]Massey's commencement speeches offered an opportunity to reveal his view of the world and the role of education. While careful to note the difference in natural talents and roles, Massey asserted that the sexes had equal intellectual capabilities. [...]if women's curriculum were to be reformed to focus on fine arts, language, and literature, then properly educated women might become the cornerstone of society. [...]in the 1850s, thirty of thirty-nine women's colleges in the country were located in the region.

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