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Founding Mothers and Others

Women Educational Leaders During the Progressive Era

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  • © 2002

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Editors:
  1. Alan R. Sadovnik

    1. Department of Education, Rutgers University, Newark, USA

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  2. Susan F. Semel

    1. City College of New York, USA

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    • Alan R. Sadovnik, Susan F. Semel
    Pages 1-5

  3. Charlotte Hawkins Brown and the Palmer Institute

    • Katherine C. Reynolds
    Pages 7-17

  4. Marietta Johnson and the Organic School

    • Joseph W. Newman
    Pages 19-36

  5. Margaret Naumburg and the Walden School

    • Blythe Hinitz
    Pages 37-59

  6. Caroline Pratt and the City and Country School

    • Mary E. Hauser
    Pages 61-76

  7. Helen Parkhurst and the Dalton School

    • Susan F. Semel
    Pages 77-92

  8. Elsie Ripley Clapp and the Arthurdale Schools

    • Sam Stack
    Pages 93-109

  9. Carmelita Chase Hinton and the Putney School

    • Susan McIntosh Lloyd
    Pages 111-123

  10. Flora J. Cooke and the Francis W. Parker School

    • Gail L. Kroepel
    Pages 125-145

  11. Margaret Haley: Progressive Education and the Teacher

    • Kate Rousmaniere
    Pages 147-162

  12. Ella Flagg Young and the Chicago Schools

    • Jackie M. Blount
    Pages 163-176

  13. Laura Bragg and the Charleston Museum

    • Louise Anderson Allen
    Pages 177-200

  14. Charl Williams and the National Education Association

    • Wayne J. Urban
    Pages 201-215

  15. And Gladly Would She Learn: Margaret Willis and the Ohio State University School

    • Craig Kridel
    Pages 217-235

  16. From Susan Isaacs to Lillian Weber and Deborah Meier: A Progressive Legacy in England and the United States

    • Jody Hall
    Pages 237-252

  17. Conclusion

    • Alan R. Sadovnik, Susan F. Semel
    Pages 253-261

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 263-268
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Interest in progressive education and feminist pedagogy has gained a significant following in current educational reform circles. Founding Mothers and Others examines the female founders of progressive schools and other female educational leaders in the early twentieth century and their schools or educational movements. All of the women led remarkable lives and their legacies are embedded in education today. The book examines the lessons to be learned from their work and their lives. The book also analyzes whether their leadership styles support contemporary feminist theories of leadership that argue women administrators tend to be more inclusive, democratic, and caring than male administrators. Through an examination of these women, this book looks critically at the ways in which the leaders' administrative styles and behaviors lend support to feminist claims.

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'Founding Mothers and Others is a rich book, which undoubtedly meets the aim 'to document the contribution of women to the Progressive Education Movement'' - Paedagogica Historica

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Education, Rutgers University, Newark, USA

    Alan R. Sadovnik

  • City College of New York, USA

    Susan F. Semel

About the editors

ALAN R. SADOVNIK is Professor of Education and Sociology Chair of the Department of Education and Academic Foundations at Rutgers University-Newark. He is the co-editor (with Susan F. Semel) of 'Schools of Tomorrow' Schools of Today: Whast Happened to Progressive Education and Knowledge and Pedagogy: The Sociology of Basil Bernstein.

SUSAN F. SEMEL is Associate Professor in the School of Education at the City College of New York. She is the author of The Dalton School: The Transformation of a Progressive School, one of the seminal histories of the progressive school movement in the United States.

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