Illiteracy in Virginia: a social problem

According to the United States census of 1930, there were 162,588 illiterates in the state of Virginia, This amounts to 8,7 percent of the total population (1,872,838) ten years of age and over. Illiteracy is s social problem in that it involves social situations, it is a product of group life, it affects a substantial number of people, it constitutes a threat to social well being as defined by the mores of our civilzation and in order to deal with it effectively we must have organized and concerted action. The fact that illiteracy is an important problem is unquestionable. Literacy in part and parcel of the world-wide movement toward more highly developed and integrated nations and people. It is certainly in keeping with the development and extension of democratic institutions. A people cannot at the same time he ignorant and free.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Rural Sociology

Department dc:contributor.department

Rural Sociology

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute

Year dc:date.issued

1939

Author dc:creator

• Hopkins, William E.

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Tate, Leland B.

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10919/53797

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/53797