The Career of Mabel Carney, 1918-1941: Comparative Perspectives on Black Education in the United States and South Africa

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Title:	The Career of Mabel Carney, 1918-1941: Comparative Perspectives on Black Education in the United States and South Africa
Author:	Glotzer, Richard S.
Year:	1998
Periodical:	Africana Journal
Volume:	17
Pages:	235-256
Language:	English
Geographic term:	South Africa
Subjects:	education biographies (form) Education and Oral Traditions History and Exploration Women's Issues Ethnic and Race Relations Historical/Biographical Education and Training
About person:	Mabel Carney (1885-1969)
Abstract:	Mable Carney (1885-1969) was an American pioneer in rural development, rural education, and 'Negro education', as well as in her personal career, as a woman professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, in an era when men dominated higher education. Her approaches to comparative studies and 'Negro education' were innovative and progressive by the standards of the day. She was an active participant in the interchange of ideas and proposals for developing education suitable to the comparably segregated societies, or so they seemed, of the American South and South Africa. This biography discusses Carney's career and ideas, her extensive trip to Africa in 1926 and a second trip to South Africa in 1934, her retirement in August 1942 and her continuing work in the fields of rural education and race relations. Notes, ref.