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LSU Doctoral Dissertations

2011

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Social Graces: The Natchez Garden Club As A Literacy Sponsor, June Graham Jan 2011

Social Graces: The Natchez Garden Club As A Literacy Sponsor, June Graham

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This study asks (1) how did the Natchez Garden Club conceptualize and promote literacy in their club and in the community?, (2) how might educational practices of select Southern, White, elite women be theorized in the lives of the Natchez Garden Club and its members during the 1930s, 40s and 50s?, and (3) how does an examination of the Natchez Garden Club illuminate understandings of select Southern, White, privileged women and the ways they took on roles as informal educators? To answer these questions, the study examined The Natchez Garden Club, an elite White women’s club in the South and …