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Julia M. Dewey
A late-19th-century educator, she wrote practical guides that treated manners and morals as an important part of everyday learning. Her books were meant to help teachers and students bring courtesy, self-control, and kindness into the classroom.
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How to Teach Manners in the School-room
by Julia M. Dewey
About the author
Julia M. Dewey was an American educator and writer best known for How to Teach Manners in the School-room (1888). In that book, she was identified as a method and critic teacher in the public schools of Rutland, Vermont, and as a former superintendent of schools in Hoosic Falls, New York.
Her published work focused on character and conduct, including books such as Lessons on Manners, Lessons on Morals, and Ethics: Stories for Home and School. Taken together, these books show a clear interest in helping schools teach not only academics, but also the habits of respectful daily life.
Available records suggest she was born in 1864 and died in 1898, dying quite young at about 33 years old. Even so, her writing remained in circulation afterward, and her schoolroom advice still offers a window into how educators of her time thought about behavior, discipline, and moral education.