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John Dewey was born in Burlington, Vermont, to a family of modest means. [17] He was one of four boys born to Archibald Sprague Dewey and Lucina Artemisia Rich Dewey. Their first son was also named John, but he died in an accident on January 17, 1859.
Alice Chipman Dewey (September 7, 1858 – July 14, 1927) was an American education reformer, philosopher, and feminist.She was instrumental in the development of progressive educational practices alongside her husband, philosopher John Dewey.
Dewey was born in 1889, the second of six children born to the educationalists John Dewey and Alice Chipman Dewey. [1] [2] In 1909, she was studying at Barnard College, New York City, during the time she was involved in the Women's Trade Union League (WTUL) and supported the New York shirtwaist strike of 1909.
Jane Mary Dewey was born in Chicago, the daughter (and sixth child) of philosopher John Dewey and educator Alice Chipman Dewey. [1] [2] Her parents named her in honor of Jane Addams, an activist, sociologist, and reformer; and Mary Rozet Smith, a philanthropist who was Addams's longtime companion.
Kilpatrick's 1st wife was Mary (Marie) Beman Guyton (November 12, 1874 - May 29, 1907). William and Mary married on December 27, 1898, and they had three children. William's 2nd wife was Margaret Manigault Pinckney (December 4, 1861 - November 24, 1938). William and Margaret were married on November 26, 1908.
"My Pedagogic Creed" is an article written by John Dewey and published in School Journal in 1897. [1] The article is broken into five sections, with each paragraph beginning "I believe." It has been referenced over 4100 times, and continues to be referenced, as a testament to the lasting impact of the ar
Tributes have poured in for a seven-year-old boy and his mother after they were both fatally shot by his father, during a horrific murder-suicide in which five people died in Minnesota. Toys ...
Individualism Old and New is a politically and socially progressive book by John Dewey, an American philosopher, written in 1930.Written at the beginning of the Great Depression, the book argues that the emergence of a new kind of American individualism necessitates political and cultural reform to achieve the true liberation of the individual in a world where the individual has become submerged.