Children’ s Charter’ [ which stated ] the nation’ s goals for its children and youth”( Ranck & NAEYC’ s History and Archives Panel 2001, 8). Several NANE members were on the Works Progress Administration National Advisory Committee for preschool programs. To encourage reflective practices, volunteers arranged for a conference to be held every two years to discuss critical issues and to learn from each other. A resolution was passed at the 1937 meeting in Nashville, Tennessee, to no longer hold conferences in any state in which racial discrimination was legal( Ranck & NAEYC’ s History and Archives Panel 2001). NAEYC did not return to the South until the conference in Miami in 1964. Understanding this milestone deepens our knowledge of the field’ s evolution, particularly as it relates to establishing an inclusive organization.
Education( NANE Bulletin) began publication to showcase emerging research.( For a list of all NAEYC presidents, see“ NAEYC Presidents and Executive Directors” on pages 20-21.)
OURPROUDHERITAGE
The National Commission for Young Children was created by NANE in 1941.“[ I ] t was sponsored by four organizations: NANE, the Association for Childhood Education International( ACEI), the Progressive Education Association, and the American Association for University Women( AAUW)”( Hymes & Heinig 1979, 24). The commission was chaired by Rose Alschuler and“ included members from childhood education, teacher education and family life education”( Hymes & Heinig 1979, 24).
Drs. Stolz( NANE’ s first president) and James L. Hymes Jr.( NAEYC president from 1945 to 1947) responded to calls to action from both private and government sources( Hymes & Stolz 1978; Hymes & Heinig 1979). This included establishing and directing the Kaiser Child Care Service Centers and disseminating printed professional materials nationwide during World War II( Osborn 1991; MacKenzie 2011). Conferences were suspended during the war years( NANE 1945).“ The association nearly faded away but for the determined efforts of a small cadre of committed volunteers led by Hymes”( Anderson 2013, 214 – 15). A publication center was established with the support of the University of Iowa, which had funding sources to support early childhood education research, and the Bulletin of the National Association for Nursery
The first issue of the NANE Bulletin.
1946 – 1955
During the 1950s, the NANE Bulletin was published quarterly.( Its name was changed to The Journal of Nursery Education in 1956.) The regular column called On the Research Side appeared in the bulletin for the first time in 1954.( For more about research-focused columns in this publication, see“ Young Children’ s Research in Review Column: Its Past and Its Future” in this issue.) These publication activities fostered members’ professional identities and strengthened their commitment to the field.
During her presidency( 1952 – 1953), Dr. Millie Almy advocated for“ nursery schools as the next step in public education”( NAEYC, n. d., 12). This motto was printed on the NANE stationery.
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