Date of Award
Summer 12-11-2019
Degree Type
Closed Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
History
First Advisor
MIchelle Brattain
Second Advisor
Glenn Eskew
Third Advisor
Charles Steffen
Fourth Advisor
Paul Ortiz
Abstract
ABSTRACT
On February 19,1968 more than 27,000 teachers across the state of Florida mailed in their letters of resignation creating the country’s first statewide teacher strike. By going on strike Florida’s teachers fought for and gained improvements in education and their profession. This dissertation explores the political and social factors that led to strike. In doing so, it examines how a population boom led to a rise in modern conservatism that served as a bellwether for the South’s switch to the Republican Party. Finally, this dissertation examines the strike itself and the years that followed to provide an analysis on the important role that teachers played in the shaping of political and social policy within the United States.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/15180900
Recommended Citation
Noll, Jody, ""We Are Not Hired Help:" The 1968 Statewide Florida Teacher Strike, the Rise of Modern Conservatism, and the Potency of Teacher Power." Dissertation, Georgia State University, 2019.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/15180900
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