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Cross Purposes: Pierce v. Society of Sisters and the Struggle over Compulsory Public Education
Paula Abrams"A definitive study of an extremely important, though curiously neglected, Supreme Court decision, Pierce v. Society of Sisters."
---Robert O'Neil, Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Virginia School of Law
---Richard W. Garnett, Professor of Law and Associate Dean, Notre Dame Law School
"A well-written, well-researched blend of law, politics, and history."
---Joan DelFattore, Professor of English and Legal Studies, University of Delaware
In 1922, the people of Oregon passed legislation requiring all children to attend public schools. For the nativists and progressives who had campaigned for the Oregon School Bill, it marked the first victory in a national campaign to homogenize education---and ultimately the populace. Private schools, both secular and religious, vowed to challenge the law. The Catholic Church, the largest provider of private education in the country and the primary target of the Ku Klux Klan campaign, stepped forward to lead the fight all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
In Pierce v. Society of Sisters (1925), the court declared the Oregon School Bill unconstitutional and ruled that parents have the right to determine how their children should be educated. Since then, Pierce has provided a precedent in many cases pitting parents against the state.
Paula Abrams is Professor of Constitutional Law at Lewis & Clark Law School.
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Cover
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Title
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Copyright
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Dedication
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION
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PART I. INITIATIVE
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CHAPTER 1 One Hundred Percent Americanism
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CHAPTER 2 We the People
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CHAPTER 3 The Entering Wedge
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CHAPTER 4 Good Enough for All
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CHAPTER 5 Who Owns Your Child?
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CHAPTER 6 Romanism
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CHAPTER 7 Seeing Red
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CHAPTER 8 The Majority Will
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PART II. JUDGMENT
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CHAPTER 9 A Great Cross
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CHAPTER 10 Turf
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CHAPTER 11 A Perfect Storm
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CHAPTER 12 Delicate and Difficult Questions
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CHAPTER 13 Take the Scholars
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CHAPTER 14 An Extravagance in Simile
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CHAPTER 15 Final Duty and Power
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CHAPTER 16 The Little Red Schoolhouse
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CHAPTER 17 Last Refuge
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CHAPTER 18 A Mere Creature of the State
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PART III. LEGACY
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EPILOGUE
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AFTERWORD
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NOTES
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INDEX
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