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- Title
Growing Pains: The City behind Cather's Pittsburgh Classroom.
- Authors
RYDER, MARY RUTH
- Abstract
The article discusses the late author Willa Cather's experiences as a teacher in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the early 1900s, and it mentions changes involving the city's schools, cultural demographics, and immigration. According to the article, Cather often taught the students of skilled laborers. Cather's colleague Professor Frederick Merrick is mentioned, along with several of Cather's literary works such as "Paul's Case: A Study in Temperament" and "The Professor’s Commencement."
- Subjects
PITTSBURGH (Pa.); CATHER, Willa, 1873-1947; AUTHORS as teachers; URBAN schools; PAUL'S Case: A Study in Temperament (Short story : Cather); EMIGRATION &; immigration; WOMEN teachers
- Publication
Cather Studies, 2021, Vol 13, p111
- ISBN
9780803263987
- ISSN
1045-9871
- Publication type
Article