Anna Tolman Smith Explained

Anna Tolman Smith
Birth Date:January 4, 1840
Birth Place:Boston, Massachusetts
Death Date:August 28, 1917
Death Place:Washington, D.C.
Occupation:Educator, editor, writer

Anna Tolman Smith (January 4, 1840 – August 28, 1917) was an American educator, editor, and writer. She worked for the US Office of Education from 1879 until 1917, usually writing reports on comparative education topics. She was decorated by the French government for her work.

Early life

Smith was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She graduated from the Boston Normal School in 1860.[1] [2]

Career

In 1865, Smith and her sister, Abbie M. Condron, started Park Seminary, a girls' school in Washington, D.C. In 1879, she joined the Bureau of Education, a federal office. From 1886 to her death in 1917, Smith wrote a monthly column, "Foreign Notes", for the journal Education. She worked on the editorial staff on Paul Monroe's Cyclopedia of Education,[3] for which she also wrote over 30 articles. She spoke at meetings of the National Education Association.[4] and served on the NEA's executive board.[5]

Smith attended the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1900, as part of her work for the US Office of Education in Washington, D.C.[6] While there, she was named an "Officier de l'Instruction Publique" by the French government.[7]

Publications

Smith wrote many published reports for the Bureau of Education. She also wrote articles for scholarly and professional journals, including The Journal of American Folklore,[8] The Elementary School Teacher,[9] and Journal of Education.

Personal life

Smith died in 1917, aged 77 years, in Washington, D.C. In reporting her death, the New England Journal of Education noted that "Anna Tolman Smith was a great asset to the bureau of education, a notable figure in American education, a noble inspiration to educational leaders for half a century."

Notes and References

  1. Anna Tolman Smith . New England Journal of Education . 1917. 86 . 239.
  2. October 1917 . Anna Tolman Smith . Education . 38 . 121–122.
  3. Book: Monroe, Paul . A Cyclopedia of Education . 1911 . Macmillan . 978-0-598-94539-6 . en.
  4. News: Coming . More are . 1902-07-07 . First Day of N. E. A. Brings Thousands . 1 . The Minneapolis Journal . 2022-03-01 . Newspapers.com.
  5. News: July 24, 1897 . The National Educators . 8 . The Washington Times . March 1, 2022 . NewspaperArchive.com.
  6. Abel . James F. . October 1935 . Anna Tolman Smith . School Life . 30–31 . Internet Archive.
  7. News: 1917-08-29 . Death at Washington of Miss Anna Tolman Smith . 4 . The Boston Globe . 2022-03-01 . Newspapers.com.
  8. Smith . Anna Tolman . 1897 . Some Nursery Rhymes of Korea . The Journal of American Folklore . 10 . 38 . 181–186 . 10.2307/533861 . 533861 . 0021-8715.
  9. From Rousseau to Froebel. 10.1086/453167. 1902. Smith. Anna Tolman. The Elementary School Teacher. 3. 3. 156–159.
  10. Book: Smith . Anna Tolman . Rural schools: progress in the past : means of improvement in the future . United States . Bureau of Education . 1884 . Government Printing Office . Washington . English . 9188470.
  11. Book: Smith, Anna Tolman . The Coeducation of the Sexes in the United States . 1894 . U.S. Government Printing Office . en.
  12. Book: Smith, Anna Tolman . Education in Canada . CIHM/ICMH Microfiche series . 13678 . 1899 . G.P.O. . Washington . 9780665136788 . English . 890716911.
  13. The Enrichment of the Teacher's Ideal. 10.1086/453241. 1903. Smith. Anna Tolman. The Elementary School Teacher. 3. 8. 513–516. 144759678.
  14. Book: Smith, Anna Tolman . The education bill of 1906 for England and Wales as it past the House of Commons . 1906 . G.P.O. . Washington . English . 18115444.
  15. Book: Smith, Anna Tolman . The Montessori system of education: an examination of characteristic features set forth in Il metodo della pedagogica [sic] scientifica ]. 1912 . Government Printing Office . Washington . English . 5869886.
  16. Book: Smith . Anna Tolman . Survey of education in foreign countries in 1911-12 . Ryan . W. Carson . 1913 . G.P.O. . Washington [D.C. |language=English |oclc=1028103227].
  17. Book: Deffenbaugh . W. S . Compulsory school attendance. . Smith . Anna Tolman . Ryan . W. Carson, Hand, William H . Ohio . Massachusetts . 1914 . G.P.O. . Washington . English . 10332039.
  18. Book: Smith, Anna Tolman . Education in Foreign Countries, 1915 . 1915 . U.S. Government Printing Office . en.
  19. Book: Smith . Anna Tolman . Secondary schools in the states of Central America, South America, and the West Indies: scholastic scope and standards . MacDonald . Arthur . United States . Bureau of Education . 1915 . G.P.O. . Washington . English . 11150583.
  20. Book: Smith, Anna Tolman . Education in Turkey . 1916 . publisher not identified . en.
  21. Book: Smith, Anna Tolman . Demand for vocational education in the countries at war . 1917 . Govt. Print. Off. . Washington . English . 5869877.
  22. Book: Smith . Anna Tolman . Higher technical education in foreign countries: standards and scope . Jesien . W. S . 1917 . G.P.O. . Washington . English . 14762227.
  23. Smith . Anna Tolman . June 1917 . The Bureau of Education in War Time . Journal of Education . 85 . 26 . 719 . 10.1177/002205741708502608 . 186585930 . 0022-0574.

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