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Fit to teach : same-sex desire, gender, and school work in the twentieth century

Title
  1. Fit to teach : same-sex desire, gender, and school work in the twentieth century / Jackie M. Blount.
Published by
  1. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2005.
Author
  1. Blount, Jackie M., 1959-

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Description
  1. ix, 229 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
  1. "Jackie M. Blount offers a history of school workers in the United States who have desired persons of the same sex as well as those who have transgressed conventional gender bounds. Despite recent impressive social and political gains for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons, schools remains a zone of great vulnerability for the larger LGBT movement. This book details the largely untold story of how this state of affairs developed during the twentieth century. It also profiles some of the remarkable people who have risked their careers by brilliantly organizing for LGBT rights, openly challenging discriminatory laws and practices, and educating their communities about conditions for LGBT school workers and students alike."--Jacket.
Subject
  1. 1900-1999
  2. Homosexuality and education > United States > History > 20th century
  3. Gay teachers > United States > History > 20th century
  4. Gay teachers
  5. Homosexuality and education
  6. Homosexualität
  7. Lehrer
  8. Homosexuella > historia > Förenta staterna > 1900-talet
  9. Lärare > historia > Förenta staterna > 1900-talet
  10. Geschichte 1900-2000
  11. United States
  12. USA
  13. USA
Genre/Form
  1. History.
Contents
  1. The gender and sexual transformation of school work -- Passing through that phase of homosexuality -- A spinster's profession -- A rising threat -- The new moral menace to our youth -- Sometimes you just have to take a stand -- How sweet it is! -- By the students.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-222) and index.