Description
This article, "CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY," appeared in the University of Virginia News Letter, Vol. III, No. 4 on October 23,1920. It describes the new department of Citizenship Education under the Bureau of Extension of the University of Virginia, the first of its kind in the United States. This article also discusses the two-day Schools sponsored in Roanoke and Leesburg, and a related program in Richmond.
The department of Citizenship Education was the first of its kind in the United States, and was active in educating newly enfranchised women on the processes and responsibilities of Citizenship.
"Every school of learning,...if it is functioning properly, has for its fundamental aim, training for Citizenship...[Herbert]Spencer defined education as a preparation for complete living or a preparation for Citizenship, and defined a good citizen as one who know how to live."
Creator
Snavely, T. R. and Smithey, W. R., editors