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Alice Spencer Geddes Lloyd was a New England woman with a mission in life. In 1916 she settled on Caney Creek in Eastern Kentucky, determined to bring higher education to this remote corner of Appalachia. The school she founded, now Alice Lloyd College, continues to serve the area and its people and...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Searles, P. David, 1933-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015.
Temas:
Lloyd, Alice, > -1962.
Alice Lloyd College > History.
Alice Lloyd College.
Educators > Kentucky > Biography.
Éducateurs > Kentucky > Biographies.
EDUCATION > Essays.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
EDUCATION > Reference.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
Educators.
Appalachian Region > History.
Appalachian Region.
Kentucky.
Biographies.
History.
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Sumario:Alice Spencer Geddes Lloyd was a New England woman with a mission in life. In 1916 she settled on Caney Creek in Eastern Kentucky, determined to bring higher education to this remote corner of Appalachia. The school she founded, now Alice Lloyd College, continues to serve the area and its people and to stand as a tribute to Lloyd's remarkable energy, determination, and vision. Lloyd's program combined a rigorous academic curriculum with an intense effort to instill a sense of service in the school's graduates. This education was provided free and required only that the students abide by Lloyd's.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (238 pages)
ISBN:9780813159034
0813159032
1322596468
9781322596464
0813118832
9780813118833

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