Challenge and Change in Appalachia: The Story of Hindman Settlement School

Challenge and Change in Appalachia: The Story of Hindman Settlement SchoolThe first and most successful rural social settlement school in the United States lies at the forks of Troublesome Creek in Knott County, Kentucky. Since its founding in 1902 by May Stone and Katherine Pettit, the Hindman Settlement School has received accolades for the quality of its education, health, and community services that have measurably improved the lives of people in the region. Challenge and Change in Appalachia is the story of a

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and community services that have measurably improved the lives of people in the region

the women were eyewitnesses to the clash of cultures between the settlers and the indigenous tribes who fought to retain control of their native lands

After half a century those jottings filled twenty-one notebooks

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by Wendell Berry

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