| In the thick of the fray -- Chapter 2 (5931 words) |
 | If the land-grant colleges were to succeed in their purpose, they had not only to prove their place by service in each state, but must also gain strength as progressive partners in service to the nation. |
| Starting with the premise that children belong in schools, not in factories, mills, and mines, she gave most of her life to an unremitting struggle for legislation prohibiting the employment of children under sixteen and for compulsory education until that age was attained. |
| Kelley's lectures at Winthrop were an expression of her desire to spread the word for education to the women who would be the instructors in the mill villages of South Carolina. |
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