Edna Dean Baker (1883-1956) was a pioneering educator who helped develop standards for early childhood education in the U.S. She served as president of the National College of Education (now National Louis University) from 1920 until 1949, and with her sister Clara founded the Baker Demonstration School there. The two were early proponents of kindergarten …
Edna Dean Baker (1883-1956) was a pioneering educator who helped develop standards for early childhood education in the U.S. She served as president of the National College of Education (now National Louis University) from 1920 until 1949 and, with her sister Clara, founded the Baker Demonstration School there. The two were early proponents of kindergarten …
Clara Belle Baker was a leader in the field of early childhood education during the first half of the 20th century. Born in Normal, Illinois in 1885, Baker moved to Evanston from Bellingham, Washington with her parents and sister, Edna Dean, in 1902. In Evanston, Baker completed her secondary education at Northwestern Preparatory School in …
Originally founded as a kindergarten through which immigrant children could be assimilated into American society and aspiring kindergarten teachers could be trained, the Baker Demonstration School now teaches children from early childhood through ninth grade through a “learn by doing” approach (which has long been a core of its activities). It promotes group learning and …
“Lifting as We Climb” Featured women, from left to right: Dr. Isabella Garnett Alice C.D. Riley Frances Willard Catharine Waugh McCulloch Lorraine Morton Dr. Margery Carlson Edna Dean Baker Alice Bunker Stockham Florence Walrath
Click here for PDF version I. 1850 – 1874 – Educated Women 1855 Northwestern Female College is founded by William P. Jones, Jr. and J. Wesley Jones to provide higher education for women in Evanston. 1856 Northwestern Female College opens. The institution includes a college for women and a preparatory school for boys and girls. …
