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Evelyn Dewey
1889–1965
A progressive-era educator and activist, she brought social reform ideals into her writing about schools and democracy. Her work is closely tied to early twentieth-century experiments in education, especially the widely read Schools of To-Morrow.
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Schools of to-morrow
by John Dewey, Evelyn Dewey
About the author
Evelyn Riggs Dewey was an American education reformer, social activist, and author born in Minneapolis in 1889. She was the daughter of John Dewey and Alice Chipman Dewey, but her own career reached beyond family connections: as a student in New York, she was involved with the Women's Trade Union League and supported the 1909 shirtwaist strike.
After graduating from Smith College in 1911, she worked as a social worker and later taught at the Lincoln School. She also served on the governing council of the Bureau of Educational Experiments and collaborated with her father on educational projects.
She is best remembered for books on education, including Schools of To-Morrow (1915), which helped introduce readers to new, practical ideas about how children learn. Evelyn Dewey died in 1965.