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The Dilemma of Miss Jolly: Scientific Temperance and Teacher Professionalism, 1882–1904

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2017

Jonathan Zimmerman*
Affiliation:
West Chester University

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In 1891, an Ohio school journal sponsored a teachers' roundtable about the state's most recent curricular requirement: Scientific Temperance Instruction. The exchange began with an anonymous letter from a self-proclaimed teetotaler, who nevertheless feared that STI's screeds against alcohol and tobacco would sap parental authority. “It is hard to know just what to say when dear little Johnny looks up in your face and says: ‘“Why, my papa smokes,”’ another contributor acknowledged, suggesting four possible responses that could promote abstinence without obstinance:

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