The American state normal school : an instrument of great good

Chapter 1 Introduction: “It wasn’t Much of a College”

Chapter 2 “To Awaken the Conscience”: Establishing Teacher Education and State Normal Schools

Chapter 3 “The Masses and Not the Classes”: A Tradition of Welcoming Nontraditional Students

Chapter 4 “Substantial Branches of Learning” and “A Higher Degree of Culture”: Academic Studies and Intellectual Life

Chapter 6 “Noble” Men and “Not Necessarily Bloomer Women”: The Public Sphere, Gender Attitudes, and Life Choices

Chapter 7 Epilogue: “Lots of Pep! Lots of Steam!”