▁to ▁provide ▁the ▁children ▁in ▁the ▁mountains ▁with ▁a ▁higher ▁education . ▁She ▁started ▁an ▁organization ▁that ▁sold ▁used ▁clothes ▁to ▁fund ▁the ▁school . ▁Over ▁the ▁next ▁ 4 0 ▁years , ▁S loop ▁would ▁build ▁the ▁one - room ▁school house ▁into ▁a ▁complex ▁of ▁twenty ▁buildings ▁and ▁over ▁ 2 5 0 ▁acres , ▁providing ▁a ▁nine - month , ▁eleven - grade ▁education . ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 4 , ▁the ▁D augh ters ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁Revolution ▁p led ged ▁their ▁support ▁to ▁the ▁school , ▁and ▁four ▁years ▁later ▁a ▁hospital ▁was ▁added ▁to ▁the ▁school . ▁By ▁ 1 9 3 9 , ▁the ▁Cross n ore ▁School ▁was ▁taking ▁in ▁both ▁or phan ed ▁and ▁abandoned ▁children . ▁S loop ▁even ▁changed ▁state ▁law , ▁raising ▁the ▁required ▁attend ance ▁age ▁to ▁ 1 6 . ▁ ▁Another ▁major ▁success ▁of ▁the ▁Cross n ore ▁School ▁was ▁its ▁we aving ▁program , ▁founded ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 0 . ▁The ▁we aving ▁program ▁allowed ▁women ▁to ▁we ave ▁r ugs , ▁cover lets , ▁and ▁other ▁hand ic raft s ▁that ▁were ▁either ▁sold ▁by ▁the ▁school ▁or ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁women ’ s ▁homes . ▁Because ▁of ▁the ▁success ▁and ▁growth ▁of ▁the ▁program , ▁Cross n ore ▁built ▁a ▁We aving ▁Room ▁specifically ▁for ▁the ▁craft s ▁program , ▁which ▁was ▁fund ed ▁by ▁clothes ▁S loop ▁sold , ▁the ▁D augh ters ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁Revolution , ▁and ▁other ▁educational