By 1947 most schools no longer taught separate classes in traditional penmanship. Students were taught to print but not to write in cursive. There were no more flourishes, curlicues, or arm exercises. In Seattle, for instance, a new penmanship supervisor was not appointed after the old one died in 1945. In Los Angeles applicants for teaching positions were no longer required to pass a handwriting test.
As women and men adjusted to coeducation, states.....
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