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Author:

Mihesuah, Devon A., 1957-

Title:

Cultivating the rosebuds : the education of women at the Cherokee Female Seminary, 1851-1909 / Devon A. Mihesuah.

Edition:

Illini books ed.

Publisher:

University of Illinois Press,

Copyright Date:

1998, ©1993

Description:

xii, 212 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm

Subject:

Cherokee National Female Seminary.
Cherokee National Female Seminary.
Cherokee Indians--Education.
Cherokee women.
Cherokee Indians--Education.
Cherokee women.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-194) and index.

Contents:

Foundations -- Establishing the seminary -- The early years: 1851-76 -- Teachers, curriculum, and administration: 1876-1909 -- Life at the seminary: 1876-1909 -- Medicine for the Rosebuds: health care at the seminary -- Farewell to the seminary: graduates and former students.

Summary:

"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."--Back cover.

ISBN:

9780252066771
0252066774

OCLC:

(OCoLC)38892055

Locations:

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)