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Testament of George Boole late of Litchfield Cottage Blackrock in the County of Cork Esquire L.L.D. deceased of the one part and Francis Heard of Ballintemple in the County of Cork, Esquire, Captain in her Majesty's eighty seventh Regiment of South Cork, Militia of the other part also reciting that the said George Boole having before his death duly made and published his last Will and Testament in writing and thereby bequeathed all his Estate term and interest in said hereinbefore recited Indenture of Lease and premises thereby demised unto the said Mary Boole party of said deed of which this is the Memorial and said Will was afterwards duly proved by the said Mary Boole in the Court of Probate District of Cork... Witnesses as to the execution of said Deed and this Memorial by the said Mary Boole are witnessed by John Knights, Porter at Queens College, Harley Street, London and Jane White, Housekeeper at 68 Harley Street, London.
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Registry of Deeds, Dublin. Memorial: 1865-030-121 (extract). Registered: 20 October 1865. Memorial of a certain Deed of
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Her teaching first began while working as a librarian. Mary would tutor students with new methods; using natural objects, such as sticks or stones. She theorized that using physical manipulations would strengthen the unconscious understanding of materials learned in a classroom setting. One of her
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Russian anti-tsarist cause under Sergei Stepniak. After the Boer war 1899–1902 she became more outspoken in her writings against imperialism, organised religion, the financial world and the tokenism she felt that
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explained algebra and logic to children in interesting ways, starting with a fable, and including bits of history throughout. She references not only history, but also philosophy and literature, using a mystical tone to keep the attention of children. Mary encouraged the use of mathematical
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most notable contributions in the area of physical manipulations is curve stitching with the use of sewing cards, which she discovered as a form of amusement as a child. This helped to encourage the connections of mathematical concepts to outside sources.
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and she organised discussion groups on these subjects among others. At Queen's
College, against the approval of the authorities, she organised discussion groups of students with the unconventional
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imagination with critical thinking and creativity. This, along with reflective journal writing and creating one's own formulas, was essential in strengthening comprehension and understanding.
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who objected to its controversial ideas and this resulted in her losing her job as librarian at Queens
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Parliament represented. She opposed women's suffrage and probably for this reason has not generally been regarded as a feminist. She died in 1916, at the age of 84.
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