Politics, Disability, and Education Reform in the South, 2014 The Work of John Eldred Swearingen

Politics, Disability, and Education Reform in the South explores how race, gender, disability, and politics all came together to impact the career of one State Superintendent of Education in South Carolina who fought to improve educational conditions for African-Americans, women, and millworkers' children in South Carolina.

Introduction 1. South Carolina, Populism and the 'New South', 1865-1906 2. Fighting the Good Fight, 1907-1915 3. Political Triptych: Swearingen, Blease and Tillman, 1911-1915 4. Swept Up in Progressivism, 1915-1919 5. Robert Cooper and the Final Battle, 1919-1957 6. Conlcusion

Edward Janak is Associate Professor of Educational Studies at the University of Wyoming, USA.