Education Archives - Page 24 of 139

Sophia B Packard

Co-founder of Spelman College in Atlanta

Sociologist, activist, teacher, and writer, Katharine Du Pre Lumpkin spent a lifetime studying and combating economic and racial oppression. She is best known for her autobiography, The Making of a Southerner (1947).

Helen Matthews Lewis

In her dual role as academic and social activist, Lewis helped found the discipline of Appalachian Studies and served for several decades as one of its most influential leaders.

Anna Morandi Manzolini

1700s Italian painter, sculptor, and anatomist, and for many years held the chair of Anatomy at the University of Bologna

Betty Komarek

A trained educator, botanist, and manager of prescribed burns and co-founder of Birdsong Nature Center, a model of biodiversity and environmental stewardship in the red hills of southwest Georgia.

C Mildred Thompson

Prominent American historian, educator, and feminist who made a name for herself not only in academic circles but also in both Democratic politics and international affairs.

Dorothy Fuldheim

Dorothy Fuldheim entered the field of television at an age when most people begin to plan their retirement and lasted there long enough to become a living legend.

Thelma Frazier Winter

American sculptor and enamelist

Claire A Walters

Claire A Walters was, for 41 years, a teacher and psychologist in the Cleveland public school system whose life work was the rehabilitation of underprivileged children.

Born in Cleveland to Phillip and Mary (Whelan) Walters, Claire graduated from Central High School in 1893 and Cleveland Normal School in 1897. She began her career by teaching at Fowler, Barkwill, Brownell and Eagle public schools. Continuing her own education, Walters graduated from the Vineland (NJ) Training School in 1912.

In 1922 Walters was appointed psychologist in the bureau of attendance for the Cleveland School Board and was responsible for examining difficult children. Never married, Walters devoted herself to her students and was often successful in helping them overcome such hardships as broken homes and poverty. For 25 years she taught at the Boys School, originally located at Clinton and W. 29th St., and was renowned for her ability to handle truants and anti-social boys.

Walters was also a psychologist and child study and placement worker for the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court from its founding in 1902. In 1912 she began work in Juvenile Delinquency child study. She served on the board of education for 30 years, doing special work with problem children.

Walters helped organize the first detention home and school which opened in Cleveland in 1908. She also helped establish a playground at Forest and Woodland Avenues.

Walters lived in Cleveland. Services were held at the Wade Memorial Chapel in LAKE VIEW CEMETERY.

Dina Rees Evans

Cleveland drama instructor who trained generations of actors and the founding director of Cain Park Theater and its Youth Theater.