I am seeking to coordinate a panel for the Southern Association of Women Historians (SAWH) Conference on June 8-11, 2006, at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. I am inviting the participation of co-panelists who are interested in presenting papers relevant to women's organizations and their ventures into education. The paper I plan to present examines the creation of an independent school in the northern Georgia mountains by the Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs in the first decade of the twentieth century. Papers on educational ventures and/or women's organizations, whether in the South or in other areas of the United States during the late nineteenth or early twentieth century, would certainly be welcome. If you are interested, please reply by email to aknecht@ra.msstate.edu by July 20, 2005.

The SAWH site is http://www.h-net.org/~sawh/sawh.htm. The call for papers is on there if you need more details.

Look forward to hearing from you.