Celeste Parrish and Educational Reform in the Progressive-Era South Ontario Principals' Council imagination has been marginalised --

imagination has been marginalised -- depicted as a way of escaping reality

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This book is both a wake-up call and a beacon of hope

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Celeste Parrish and Educational Reform in the Progressive-Era South Ontario Principals' Council imagination has been marginalised --Celeste Parrish and Educational Reform in the Progressive Era South follows a Civil War orphan's transformation from a Southside Virginia public school teacher to a nationally known progressive educator and feminist. In this vital intellectual biography, Rebecca S. Montgomery places feminism and gender at the center of her analysis and offers a new look at the postbellum movement for southern educational reform through the life of Celeste Parrish.