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A special relationship: Race, child study, and Rockefeller philanthropy
Author(s) -
Milar Katharine S.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of the history of the behavioral sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.216
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1520-6696
pISSN - 0022-5061
DOI - 10.1002/jhbs.20457
Subject(s) - race (biology) , atlanta , african american , sociology , gender studies , gerontology , anthropology , history , medicine , metropolitan area , archaeology
In 1928, the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial granted funds to the University of Cincinnati to establish a child study and parent education program for African Americans. This paper traces the origin of the idea for this program to a special relationship between the family of John D. Rockefeller, Sr., and Spelman College, an African American women's college in Atlanta, Georgia. This relationship embodied Rockefeller's interest in women and children, in Baptist charities, in higher education (especially in the South), and race. The case study of this relationship addresses the larger question: To what purpose was the African American woman to be educated? © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.