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Cora Wilson Stewart: Crusader Against Illiteracy
Cora Wilson Stewart Crusader Against Illiteracy
Author: Willie Nelms
In 1911 Cora Wilson Stewart founded the Moonlight Schools in Rowan County, Kentucky, an innovative night program that taught illiterate adults to read. Hoping that 150 people would attend the first classes, Stewart was amazed that over 1,200 men and women enrolled. She quickly developed reading material for these men and women that appealed to t...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780786403349
ISBN-10: 0786403349
Pages: 233
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Publisher: McFarland & Company
Book Type: Paperback
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