Abstract: The bulk of this collection covers the period in which Rose Shapiro was a member and also president of the Board of Education (1963-1969). Rose Shapiro was the second woman president of the Board. She had a pioneering role in promoting sex education in the New York public schools and was president during the implementation of decentralization. Her papers include subseries of files on her work on board committees; files of correspondence, memoranda, and reports from various bureaus in the school...