13 июн 1857 г. - Creation of the NTA

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The creation of the National Teachers Association was on a summers day in 1857. 43 educators met up in Philadelphia. The need for a national association naturally came about as more and more states were developing their own teachers unions. 41 men became members of the NTA, while 2 women were made honorary members. The rule to exclude women was changed 9 years later.


The Call

THE 1857 INVITATION TO FORM THE NATIONAL TEACHERS ASSOCIATION:
Believing that what has been accomplished for the states by state associations may be done for the whole country by a National Association, we, the undersigned, invite our fellow-educators throughout the United States to assemble...for the purpose of organizing a National Teachers Association...We cordially extend this invitation to all practical teachers in the North, the South, the East, and the West, who are willing to unite in a general effort to promote the general welfare of our country by concentrating the wisdom and power of numerous minds, and distributing among all the accumulated experiences of all; who are ready to devote their energies and their means to advance the dignity, respectability and usefulness of their calling; and who, in fine, believe that the time has come when the teachers of the nation should gather into one great educational brotherhood...

The 1857 invitation to form the National Teachers Association was written by Thomas Valentine, president of the New York Teachers Association.

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