The progressive legacy of Flora White.(Biography)

From: Vitae Scholasticae | Date: March 22, 2005| Author: Morice, Linda C. | Copyright information

The life story of Flora White (1860-1948) informs a growing body of scholarship on the role of women in the progressive education movement of the early twentieth century. A pioneer in physical education and technology education, White's experience differed from prominent male theorists on whom most interpretations of progressivism have been based. According to Lynne M. Getz, educational historians have long focused on a small number of men, such as John Dewey, William Heard Kilpatr...

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