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Volume 38, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 0890-2917
  • E-ISSN: 2031-0242

Abstract

Abstract

While Florence Converse’s novel of the Rising, , has received some attention from Langlandians, the work of her companion — medievalist and Wellesley professor Vida Dutton Scudder — has been relatively unexamined. Our essay details how Scudder blended activism with teaching toward a socially informed pedagogy. We then examine social pedagogy in  in light of Scudder’s commitments. Finally, we present how Scudder’s lifework might inform teaching  via  with attention to service learning. We conclude by considering the lessons of these two women activists in this moment of ‘anti-wokeness’ in Florida, where both of us teach.

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