Louisa Parsons (Stone) Hopkins | |
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Born | 1834 |
Died | 1895 |
Louisa Parsons Hopkins (1834–1895) was an American educator and poet, who spoke and wrote on progressive education. [1] [2] [3]
Born in Newburyport in 1834, she attended the Putnam Free School, and was part of a small writing group under Thomas Wentworth Higginson, along with Jane Andrews and Harriet Prescott Spofford. [4] Her husband's business "suffered a reversal in fortune", which led her to create a small primary school in her home for extra income. [4] [5] Her students did well, and she wrote up an article for the Journal of Education on her methods. This led to fame in educational circles, and ultimately to a string of books [6] and speaking engagements. She was appointed to the Board of Supervisors of the Boston Public Schools, and paced by Governor William E. Russell on a commission to investigate the use of manual training in Europe. Her work on that commission was noted by contemporaries as being singular in nature. [7]
She retired from that position due to illness and died a few years later.
Louisa Parsons (Stone) Hopkins | |
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Born | 1834 |
Died | 1895 |
Louisa Parsons Hopkins (1834–1895) was an American educator and poet, who spoke and wrote on progressive education. [1] [2] [3]
Born in Newburyport in 1834, she attended the Putnam Free School, and was part of a small writing group under Thomas Wentworth Higginson, along with Jane Andrews and Harriet Prescott Spofford. [4] Her husband's business "suffered a reversal in fortune", which led her to create a small primary school in her home for extra income. [4] [5] Her students did well, and she wrote up an article for the Journal of Education on her methods. This led to fame in educational circles, and ultimately to a string of books [6] and speaking engagements. She was appointed to the Board of Supervisors of the Boston Public Schools, and paced by Governor William E. Russell on a commission to investigate the use of manual training in Europe. Her work on that commission was noted by contemporaries as being singular in nature. [7]
She retired from that position due to illness and died a few years later.