YOUNG, ELLA FLAGG

1845–1918, American educator, b. Buffalo, N.Y. She was identified with the Chicago public school system for 53 years, as teacher, principal, and superintendent of schools (1909–15). From 1899 to 1905 she was professor of education at the Univ. of Chicago and from 1905 to 1909 principal of the Chicago Normal School (later Chicago Teachers College). She was a leader in woman-suffrage work, first woman president (1910–11) of the National Education Association, and author of monographs setting forth educational theories developed with John Dewey. She collaborated with Jane Addams in social work.

See J. T. McManis, Ella Flagg Young and a Half-Century of the Chicago Public Schools (1916).

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American Women Managers and Administrators: A Selective Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Leaders in Business, Education, and Government
Book by Judith A. Leavitt; Greenwood Press, 1985
Subjects: Women Executives--United States--Biography--Dictionaries
Y YOUNG, ELLA FLAGG January 15, 1845-October 26, 1918 . First woman president of the...Association, 1910. Born January 15, 1845, in Buffalo, New York, Ella Flagg later Young was the daughter of Theodore and Jane Reed Flagg. Young...
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Historical Dictionary of Women's Education in the United States
Book by Linda Eisenmann; Greenwood Press, 1998
Subjects: Women--Education--United States--History--Encyclopedias
...Boston University Library. Verbie Lovom Prevost Young, Ella Flagg. Ella Flagg Young (1845-1918), superintendent of schools...January 15, 1845, Young was the second daughter and youngest child of Jane Reed Flagg and Theodore Flagg, Presbyterians...
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Women Remembered: A Guide to Landmarks of Women's History in the United States
Book by Marion Tinling; Greenwood Press, 1986
Subjects: Historic Sites--United States--Guidebooks, Women--United States--Monuments--Guidebooks
Young, Ella Flagg, 1845-1918, Educator; NAW Ella Flagg Young School, 1424 N. Parkside Avenue Ella Flagg Young was appointed superintendent of Chicago schools in 1909. The following year she was the first woman elected president of the National...
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Biographical Dictionary of American Educators - Vol. 3
Book by John F. Ohles; Greenwood Press, 1978
Subjects: Educators--United States--Biography--Dictionaries
...Cangemi Thomas E. Kesler YOUNG, Clark Montgomery. B...Montgomery and Chestina Allyn Young. M. August 1, 1883...Lawrence S. Master YOUNG, Ella Flagg. B. January 15, 1845...Theodore and Jane Reed Flagg. M. 1868 to William Young...
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Historical Dictionary of American Education
Book by Richard J. Altenbaugh; Greenwood Press, 1999
Subjects: Education--United States--History--Dictionaries, Educators--United States--Biography--Dictionaries
...Testing Movement, 1890-1930 (1988). Stephen H. Aby YOUNG, ELLA FLAGG (January 15, 1845-October 26, 1918), became...at Illinois State University. Judy Suratt, Young, Ella Flagg (1971), provides a brief biography. For an institutional...
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The Marginalization of Women Educators: A Consequence of No Child Left Behind?
Journal article by Jerry Aldridge, Jennifer Kilgo, Kay Emfinger; Childhood Education, Vol. 87, 2010
Subjects: Education and state--Evaluation, Education and state--Social aspects, Education policy--Evaluation, Education policy--Social aspects, No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Women educators--Civil rights, Women educators--Social aspects, Women teachers--Civil rights, Women teachers--Social aspects
...study movement, few know about Halls contemporary, Ella Flagg Young. Young was the first woman superintendent of the Chicago...section "Scientifically Based Research." Furthermore, Ella Flagg Youngs warnings, in her book Isolation in the School...
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Readings for the Sexual Literacy Warrior
Journal article by Christopher M. Fisher; The Journal of Sex Research, Vol. 44, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Talk About Sex: The Battles Over Sex Education in the United States (Book)--Book reviews, When Sex Goes to School: Warring Views on Sex--and Sex Education--Since the Sixties (Book)--Book reviews
...pages. Hardcover, $25.95. One hundred years ago, Ella Flagg-Young, superintendent of the Chicago public school system...case now, rhetoric focused on the ills of sexuality. Ella Flagg-Young was concerned with the epidemic of VD in Chicago...
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Fads, Frills, and Basic Subjects: Special Studies and Social Conflict in Chicago in 1893
Journal article by Patricia M. Amburgy; Studies in Art Education, Vol. 43, 2002
Subjects: Chicago Illinois, Culture, History, Public schools, Teaching
...Also present were Alfred S. Trude; Ella Flagg Young, then an assistant superintendent...Locke, the supervisor of drawing. Young spoke to the committee about the...away the pupils time, divert their young minds from the essential studies...
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Women Leaders and Spirituality
Journal article by Sandra Harris, Julia Ballenger, April Jones; Advancing Women in Leadership, Vol. 24, 2007
Subjects: Careers, Education, Educational leadership, Elementary schools, Magnet schools, Research, Students, Studies
...Barriers to Leadership In 1909, Ella Flagg Young envisioned that "Women are destined...before they begin their careers, most young women decide that their careers will...their childhoods that even as very young children, each were held to a standard...
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Thriving in the Midst of Adversity: Educator Maudelle Brown Bousfield's Struggles in Chicago, 1920-1950
Journal article by Dionne Danns; The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 78, 2009
Subjects: Behavior, Community, Episcopal churches, Informal education, Race, Schools, Success, Women
...city since the late 19th century. Ella Flagg Young became Chicagos first White female...usually blamed for the unsavory ways of young girls. According to Bousfield...boys neither admire nor respect a young girl who cultivates such habits and...
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Giants of American Education: John Dewey, the Education Philosopher
Magazine article by Sybil Eakin; Technos: Quarterly for Education and Technology, Vol. 9, Winter 2000
Subjects: Dewey, John--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Educational technology--History, Progressive education--History
...the Deweys named their youngest child Jane after the...intellectual conclusions. Ella Flagg Young, whom Dewey hired to...leadership of Alice Dewey, Ella Flagg Young, and other colleagues...were children two years younger probably about eight...
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Where Are All the Women Superintendents?
Magazine article by Thomas E. Glass; School Administrator, Vol. 57, June 2000
...executive charge of the vast education system." - Ella Flagg Young, upon assuming the Chicago superintendency in 1909...events. This type of work week often is not appealing to younger women (or men) accustomed to child-centered teaching...
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Answering the Call
Magazine article by Sabrina Holcomb; NEA Today, Vol. 24, February 2006
Subjects: African Americans, Associations, Education history, National Education Association, Postwar reconstruction, School systems, Teachers
...however, they pushed for a greater voice within the Association and in the workplace. In a speech that year, Ella Flagg Young, who would become NEAs first female president, said: "If the public school system is to meet the demands which...
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Ago/rcco Chapter/centre News
Magazine article; The American Organist, Vol. 40, July 2006
...and Christ Lutheran Church to introduce young people, especially piano students, to...facilities for the program. Twentythree young minds were stimulated with new knowledge...Pedals, Pipes Pizza" introduction of young persons to the organ was hosted at Faith...


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Young, Ella Flagg
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
YOUNG, ELLA FLAGG 1845 1918, American educator, b. Buffalo, N.Y. She was identified...collaborated with Jane Addams in social work. See J. T. McManis, Ella Flagg Young and a Half-Century of the Chicago Public Schools (1916...


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