Privies, Progressivism, and Public Schools
Health Reform and Education in the Rural South, 1909-1920
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10240854 |
|---|---|
| Authors | William A Link (0000-0002-9913-0256, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 623 |
| Publication date | 1988-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Southern History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4642 • E-ISSN: 2325-6893 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2209203 |
| OpenAlex | W2557157279 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
NONE OF THE SOUTHERN SOCIAL REFORMS OF THE PROGRESSIVE ERA were individually more important or together more coherent than the modernization of public health and public education. The two reform movements began in similar ways: with the creation of the Southern Education Board in 1901 and, eight years later, with the establishment of the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission. I These organizations, coalitions of middle-class activists, reforming professionals, university presidents, and northern philanthropists, espoused methods practiced by progressives elsewhere: exposure and publicity, manipulation of public opinion, and bureaucratic and interventionist social policy. Historians agree that studies of health and education are central to understanding southern social reform, but they disagree about the role of Rockefeller philanthropy. 2 Some historians stress the humani
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How the Struggle for Public Health in the Jim Crow South Reflected and Reinforced Systemic Racial Health Inequality
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| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2025 (30) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |