Alice Deal Explained

Alice Deal
Birth Date:December 16, 1877[1]
Birth Place:Hampstead, Maryland, US
Death Date:March 31, 1928
Death Place:District of Columbia, US

Alice Deal (1877 - 1928) was an American educator who was the first female principal in the District of Columbia. The Alice Deal Middle School in Washington, D.C., USA, is named after her.

Education and career

Deal attended the Women's College of Baltimore, now known as Goucher College, in Towson, Maryland,[2] graduating in 1899.[3] On February 11, 1908 she started teaching mathematics at the McKinley Manual Training School where she would remain until 1919,[4] [5] with a break for war service from October 2, 1918, until December 30, 1918. She then moved to Columbia Junior High School and became principal on March 6, 1920,[6] and served as the head of the teachers' union.[7] Deal was the first female principal in the District of Columbia.[8] Deal remained as principal until her death in 1928.[5] [4] Deal also organized and raised funds for the first summer high school in the area.[4] The first summer school was held at the Friend's Select School.[9] Deal served as principal for the summer school from 1916 until 1926.[5]

Impact and honors

Prior to Deal's activities, schooling consisted of eight years of elementary school and four years of high school. Deal advocated for change and the system became one with six years of elementary school, three years of junior high school, and three years of senior high school.[10] After her death, the Alice Deal Memorial Association was established in 1928 with the first goal of the society to rename the Reno Junior High School the Alice Deal Junior High School.[11] [12] Construction of the school began in 1930.[13] In 1932, a tribute to honor Deal was held at the school, which was renamed the Alice Deal Junior High School. During the ceremony, there was a tablet posted at the school,[14] and multiple people spoke on the occasion and a photograph of Deal was unveiled during the ceremony. When the school first opened it was for white students only.[15]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Boutwell, Bryant. John P. McGovern, MD: A Lifetime of Stories. 2014-03-03. Texas A&M University Press. 978-1-62349-122-2. en.
  2. News: National Endowment for the Humanities. Memorial rites held in school for Alice Deal. A (Image 12). Evening star (Washington, D.C.). June 11, 1932. 2021-12-31. 2331-9968.
  3. Book: Knipp. Anna Heubeck. The history of Goucher College. Thomas. Thaddeus P. (Thaddeus Peter). 1938. Baltimore, Md., Goucher College. Goucher College. 281.
  4. News: National Endowment for the Humanities. Miss Alice Deal, educator, dies. 7 (Image 7). Evening star (Washington, D.C.) . April 1, 1928. 2021-12-30. 2331-9968.
  5. News: National Endowment for the Humanities. Alice Deal tribute to be paid Friday. A (Image 6). Evening star (Washington, D.C.) . June 5, 1932. 2021-12-30. 2331-9968.
  6. Book: District of Columbia. Board of Education. DC Report of the Board of Education 1927?1928. 1928. DC Public Library, Special Collections. DC Public Library.
  7. Book: United States Congress Senate Select Committee to Investigate the Public School System of the District of Columbia. Public-school System of the District of Columbia: Hearings Before the Select Committee of the United States Senate, 66-2, Pursuant to S. Res. 310 ..... 1920. en.
  8. Book: Percoco, James A.. Take the Journey: Teaching American History Through Place-based Learning. 2017. Stenhouse Publishers. 978-1-62531-144-3. en.
  9. Book: District of Columbia Board of Education. Annual Report of the Actions of the Board of Education for .... 1915. The Board. 28. en.
  10. News: National Endowment for the Humanities. 1928-11-23. Plans to honor Miss Alice Deal. 10 (Image 10). Evening star (Washington, D.C.) . 2021-12-31. 2331-9968.
  11. News: National Endowment for the Humanities. 1928-11-22. Association to meet. 4 (Image 4). Evening star (Washington, D.C.) . 2021-12-30. 2331-9968.
  12. News: National Endowment for the Humanities. 1928-06-13. Would rename school for Miss Alice Deal. 21 (Image 21). Evening star (Washington, D.C.). 2021-12-30. 2331-9968.
  13. Web site: May 2001. Replace or Modernize? The Future of the District of Columbia's Endangered Old and Historic Public Schools. December 31, 2021.
  14. News: National Endowment for the Humanities. 1932-04-24. Alice Deal tablet dedication mapped. B (image 24). Evening star (Washington, D.C.). 2021-12-30. 2331-9968.
  15. News: Kelly. John. February 3, 2020. Perspective Here's the deal with Alice Deal and the middle school named in her honor. en-US. Washington Post. 2021-12-30. 0190-8286.

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