Pauline

This is a nonfiction story of a visionary educator who grew up in the rural farmland of the Midwest, began teaching in one-room country schools, and went on to help shape an era of progressive education. To readers who remember those days, it is a book to rekindle a few memories. Above all, it is a book about Pauline Jeidy, a collector of American folk stories and a master at telling these tales. She put herself through college during the Great Depression and became a trailblazing...
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This is a nonfiction story of a visionary educator who grew up in the rural farmland of the Midwest, began teaching in one-room country schools, and went on to help shape an era of progressive education. To readers who remember those days, it is a book to rekindle a few memories. Above all, it is a book about Pauline Jeidy, a collector of American folk stories and a master at telling these tales. She put herself through college during the Great Depression and became a trailblazing teacher who pioneered unique methods of teacher preparation, advocated minority education well before the passage of civil rights legislation, and created new ways to teach reading to first graders. The Allied Occupation of Japan tasked her to oversee the rebuilding of the elementary education system of Japan following World War ll. A soft-spoken individual who championed women's causes, she approached life with a disarming sense of humor.