Cultivating the Rosebuds
The Education of Women at the Cherokee Female Seminary, 1851-1909
An award-winning look at Cherokee female education, the issues that arose from it, and one school's influence on a people
Paper – $28
978-0-252-06677-1
Publication Date
Paperback: 01/01/1997
About the Book
Established by the Cherokee Nation in 1851 in present-day eastern Oklahoma, the nondenominational Cherokee Female Seminary was one of the most important schools in the history of American Indian education. Devon Mihesuah explores its curriculum, faculty, administration, and educational philosophy.About the Author
Devon A. Mihesuah is the Cora Lee Beers Price Teaching Professor in International Cultural Understanding at the University of Kansas. Her books include American Indigenous Women: Decolonization, Empowerment, Activism.Reviews
“Insightful . . . A well-researched, beautifully written, and nuanced account of the Cherokee Female Seminary which provides a microcosmic view of the Cherokee Nation’s struggle to survive the loss of their land through removal and allotment and to provide an education for its ‘talented tenth.’”--Carolyn Ross Johnston, Journal of Women’s History“Required reading for anyone remotely interested in the history of Native American education.”--David W. Adams, History of Education Quarterly
“Of the many books about Cherokee history, few deal with the issue of acculturation in the post-removal period and none so effectively as Devon Mihesuah’s Cultivating the Rosebuds.”Nancy Shoemaker, Western Historical Quarterly
“I recommend it to any serious student of the Cherokee people.”--Robert J. Conley, author of Mountain Windsong
“An extraordinarily intriguing case study of the critical role played by formal education in shaping identity. . . . Mihesuah has recreated the school’s ethos in captivating fashion.”--Jean Barman, Historical Studies in Education
Awards
Critics' Choice Award from the American Educational Studies Association, 1995.Related Titles
