Moonlight Schools for the Emancipation of Adult Illiterates

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BY CORA WILSON STEWART
Chairman Illiteracy Commission, National Education Association; Chairman Illiteracy Committees: National Council of Education, and General Federation Womens’ Clubs.
NEW YORK E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY 681 Fifth Avenue
Copyright, 1922, By E. P. Dutton & Company
All Rights Reserved
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TO THE VOLUNTEER TEACHERS IN THE MOONLIGHT SCHOOLS, WHOSE VISION, COURAGE AND SELF-SACRIFICE MADE IT POSSIBLE TO BLAZE THE TRAIL FOR THE EMANCIPATION OF THE NATION’S ILLITERATES, THIS VOLUME IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED
Grateful acknowledgments are made for assistance and helpful suggestions to the following: Mr. Erwin A. Holt, Mrs. Cornelia Steketee Hulst, Dr. J. G. Crabbe, Miss Linda Neville, General William H. Sears, Mr. Everett Dix, and Dr. Louise McDanell Browne.

Many requests have come for a book telling the story of the moonlight schools. Teachers have expressed their need of such a book for their inspiration and guidance, and the general public has evidenced a desire to know more of the dramatic story of the origin, development and goal of these schools.