Minnetta Sammis Leonard Explained

Minnetta Sammis Leonard
Birth Name:Minnetta Florence Sammis
Birth Date:1879
Birth Place:Indiana
Death Date:October 15, 1960
Death Place:Madison, Wisconsin
Children:Barbara Leonard Reynolds
Relatives:Earle L. Reynolds (son-in-law)
John H. Sammis (uncle)

Minnetta Sammis Leonard (1879 – October 15, 1960) was an American educator, and editor of The Home Educator (1923), a parenting manual.

Early life and education

Sammis was born in Indiana, the daughter of David Sturges Sprague Sammis[1] and Adelaide F. Hall Sammis. Hymn writer John H. Sammis was her uncle. She graduated from Teachers College, Columbia University in 1906.[2]

Career

After college, Sammis was Supervisor of Kindergarten Work in the Oglethorpe School at Atlanta University.[3] Leonard taught kindergarten education courses at the Milwaukee State Normal School. She was president of the Wisconsin Kindergarten Association.[4] She served on the advisory board of Parents' Magazine,[5] and on the editorial board of The Home Kindergarten Manual (1921).[6]

Leonard spoke about her work to community groups,[7] including the American Association of University Women.[8] [9] In 1940, she was director of a kindergarten program in Madison, Wisconsin.[10] She visited Indonesia and Japan in 1956[11] and Hawaii in 1958,[12] while her daughter was abroad. She was active in the Woman's Club of Madison,[13] [14] and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.[15] In her last years, she cared for her grandson Ted Reynolds when he was a student in Madison.[16]

Publications

Personal life

Sammis married English professor Sterling Andrus Leonard in 1913.[23] They had a daughter, Barbara Leonard Reynolds,[24] who became a noted peace activist with her husband, Earle L. Reynolds.[25] [26] Sterling Leonard drowned while canoeing with I. A. Richards on Lake Mendota in 1931.[27] She died in 1960, in Madison, at the age of 86.[28]

Notes and References

  1. News: 1895-05-20 . Obituary: David Sturgis Sprague Sammis . 4 . The Brooklyn Citizen . 2023-12-18 . Newspapers.com.
  2. Teachers College, Columbia University. Class Book (1906 yearbook): 100, via Internet Archive.
  3. Book: Atlanta University . Catalogue of Atlanta University . 1907 . The University . en.
  4. Leonard . Minnetta S. . February 1925 . The Wisconsin Kindergarten Association . The Wisconsin Journal of Education . 57 . 6 . 180–183 . Internet Archive.
  5. August 1929 . Masthead . Parents' Magazine . 4 . 8 . 4.
  6. Book: New York University Society . The Home kindergarten manual; a handbook of the education and character-training of little children for parents and teachers . 1921 . New York, The University society, incorporated. The Library of Congress . iii.
  7. News: 1922-11-29 . Toys Should Aid Child Development . 24 . Wisconsin State Journal . 2023-12-18 . Newspapers.com.
  8. News: 1931-02-01 . Prof. Troutman, Mrs. Leonard on A.A.U.W. Program . 14 . Wisconsin State Journal . 2023-12-18 . Newspapers.com.
  9. News: 1935-10-26 . University Women Set Nov. 4 to 9 for Annual Exhibit of Toys . 4 . The Indianapolis Times . 2023-12-18 . Newspapers.com.
  10. News: Yohn . Madge . 1940-12-12 . All Around the Town . 20 . The Capital Times . 2023-12-18 . Newspapers.com.
  11. News: 1956-08-10 . Local Woman Meets Daughter on Isle of Bali . 9 . The Capital Times . 2023-12-18 . Newspapers.com.
  12. News: 1958-10-30 . Mrs. Leonard Back from Honolulu Stay . 11 . Wisconsin State Journal . 2023-12-18 . Newspapers.com.
  13. News: 1958-04-27 . Woman's Club Plans Indian Program . 57 . Wisconsin State Journal . 2023-12-18 . Newspapers.com.
  14. News: 1958-01-09 . Woman's Club History Section's Meeting Plans . 15 . The Capital Times . 2023-12-18 . Newspapers.com.
  15. News: 1960-10-16 . Mrs. Leonard, Professor's Widow, Dies . 29 . Wisconsin State Journal . 2023-12-18 . Newspapers.com.
  16. News: Simplot . John . 1957-06-28 . Ted Reynolds Arrives in City After Three-Year Ocean Voyage . 17 . Wisconsin State Journal . 2023-12-18 . Newspapers.com.
  17. Web site: Leonard. Minnetta Sammis . The home educator. 2023-12-17 . Library of Congress.
  18. Book: Leonard, Minnetta Sammis . Best Toys for Children and Their Selection . 1925 . Democrat printing Company . en.
  19. Leonard . Minnetta Sammis . November 1926 . Buying the Gift to Fit the Child . Parents' Magazine . 1 . 2 . 32–33 . Internet Archive.
  20. Leonard . Minnetta Sammis . December 1926 . A Call on Santa Claus . Parents' Magazine . 1 . 3 . 24–25 . Internet Archive.
  21. Leonard, Minetta Sammis. "Buying Toys with an Eye on the Future." Parents Magazine 6: 24-25.
  22. Leonard . Minnetta Sammis . August 1929 . Toys for Travelers and Stay-at-Homes . Parents' Magazine . 4 . 8 . 18–19 . Internet Archive.
  23. News: January 7, 1914 . Badger News Briefly Told . 9 . Stevens Point Gazette . December 17, 2023 . Internet Archive.
  24. News: 1936-01-19 . Miss Barbara Leonard to Wed Earle Reynolds . 11 . Wisconsin State Journal . 2023-12-18 . Newspapers.com.
  25. News: 1957-06-10 . Local Woman Made Pacific Cruise . 6 . The Terre Haute Tribune . 2023-12-18 . Newspapers.com.
  26. News: 1959-03-20 . Reynolds Denied Rights, U.S. Admits . 2 . The Capital Times . 2023-12-18.
  27. News: May 16, 1931 . Boat Upsets; Educator Dies, Another Saved . 1 . Chicago Daily Tribune . December 17, 2023 . Internet Archive.
  28. News: 1960-10-28 . $50,000 Left by Mrs. Leonard . 5 . The Capital Times . 2023-12-18 . Newspapers.com.

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