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Many of the educational experiments of the 1930s were less given to the political radicalism of the folk schools or the labor colleges than to sheer iconoclasm. One of the most innovative schools was Bennington College in Bennington, Vermont. The college began in 1923 when Dr. Vincent Ravi-Booth, minister of the First Congregational Church in Bennington, Vermont, drew the local community and national educators together to study the shortage of quality higher education for women. By 1928, drawing upon a variety of economic resources, including the financial support of the town, Bennington College had been chartered to provide creative, progressive instruction to women. When classes began in 1932, the school did not disappoint. Bennington distinguished itself with innovative programs in the arts and humanities, a liberal admissions policy, and practical interaction between the college and the community. Bennington was especially known for its emphasis on student individuality and...
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