Lucy Sprague Mitchell

Lucy Sprague Mitchell (2 July 1878 – 15 October 1967[1])[2] was an American educator and the founder of Bank Street College of Education.[3]

Lucy Sprague Mitchell
1st President of Bank Street College of Education
In office
1916–1955
Succeeded byJohn H. Niemeyer
Personal details
Born
Lucy Sprague

July 2, 1878
Chicago, Illinois.
DiedOctober 15, 1967
New York City.
Spouse(s)Wesley Clair Mitchell
ResidenceNew York City
Alma materRadcliffe College
ProfessionEducator, writer

Mitchell attended Radcliffe College from 1896 to 1900, graduating with honors in philosophy.[4] During her time at Radcliffe College, Mitchell lived with Alice Freeman Palmer and George Herbert Palmer on Quincy Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Because of the college's strict codes of gender segregation at the time, Mitchell had to circumvent the all-male Harvard Yard in order to reach Harvard University's Museum of Comparative Zoology, where she worked in the Radcliffe Zoological Laboratory.[5]

Mitchell was the first dean of women at the University of California at Berkeley, where she lectured in the English Department and promoted educational and career opportunities for women students from 1903–1912.[6] In 1916, influenced by the work of John Dewey, Mitchell cofounded the Bureau of Educational Experiments (BEE) in New York City to study and develop optimal learning environments for children.[7][8] The BEE evolved into the Bank Street College of Education.[9]

References
  1. "Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers - Oxford Reference". doi:10.1093/acref/9780199754663.001.0001/acref-9780199754663. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
  2. "Mitchell, Lucy Sprague". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  3. Chesler, Ellen (March 22, 1987). "She Wanted it All, and Got It". New York Times. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  4. Haller, Evelyn (1988). "Lucy Sprague Mitchell: The Making of a Modern Woman (review)". Biography. 11: 331–336 – via Project MUSE.
  5. Tonn, Jenna (2017). "Extralaboratory Life: Gender Politics and Experimental Biology at Radcliffe College, 1894–1910". Gender & History. 29: 329–358.
  6. Ruyle, Janet. "Dean Lucy Sprague, the Partheneia, and the Arts" (PDF). Chronicle of the University of California. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  7. "A Brief History". Bank Street College of Education. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  8. Winsor, Charlotte B.; Stodt, Martha (1957). "Teacher Education for a Changing World" (PDF). Bank Street Profile: An Informal Report: 1916-1956.
  9. Nager, Nancy; Shapiro, Edith (2007). "A Progressive Approach to the Education of Teachers: Some Principles from Bank Street College of Education" (PDF). Occasional Paper Series. 18.
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