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365: 290: 384: 85:, and she became the first student to register there. Her stay at Antioch was brief because in the middle of her first year at the school, a neurological disorder described as a "spinal affliction" forced her to return to Newburyport, where she remained as an invalid for six years. 109:. Influenced by Mann's theories, her teaching was advanced for its day, with its emphasis on student experimentation and observation, involvement in the learning process, and societal responsibility. After 25 years, her health forced her to close the school in 1885. 116:(1861), a collection of stories about seven young girls who live in different, unusual places. The book was immensely popular; it sold nearly half a million copies over the next century and was translated into 449: 429: 434: 38: 439: 409: 454: 419: 57:. Andrews began teaching in the winter of 1850 at Higginson's evening school for cotton mill workers. The next spring, she began attending the 414: 424: 262: 219: 50: 34:, as the third child and daughter of John and Margaret Demmon Rand Andrews. Her grandfather, Reverend John Andrews, was pastor of the 444: 303: 295: 54: 346: 322: 58: 62: 46: 31: 336: 65:, Massachusetts, and graduated as valedictorian in 1853. A particular influence was her geography teacher 35: 102: 404: 399: 156:(1900). Andrews' works continued to be used in elementary schools a half-century after her death. 106: 98: 341: 317: 42: 360: 258: 215: 125: 70: 252: 209: 369: 117: 66: 121: 78: 45:
in Newburyport and was part of a small writing group run by Unitarian minister and author
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American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present
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Out of her lessons grew a series of popular children's books. Her first book was
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Edward T. James; Janet Wilson James; Paul S. Boyer; Radcliffe College (1971).
160: 22:(December 1, 1833 – July 15, 1887) was an American author and educator. 132:(1877), and a similar book about boys in different historical time periods, 378: 190:. Vol. 1. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co. pp. 49–51. 114:
Seven Little Sisters Who Live on the Round Ball That Floats in the Air
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Crabbe, Katharyn F. (1979). "Jane Andrews". In Mainiero, Lina (ed.).
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Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary
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and through her met Peabody's brother-in-law, the educator
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Each and All: Seven Little Sisters Prove Their Sisterhood
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Geographical Plays for Young Folks at Home and School
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Ten Boys Who Lived on the Road From Long Ago to Now
450:Neurological disease deaths in the United States 97:in her home, where her students included author 214:. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 42–43. 39:First Religious Society Church and Parish Hall 211:Biographical Dictionary of American Educators 8: 257:. Harvard University Press. pp. 48–49. 150:The Stories Mother Nature Told Her Children 69:. She lived in the same boardinghouse as 430:Writers from Newburyport, Massachusetts 203: 201: 199: 197: 171: 93:In 1860, she was able to open a small 435:19th-century American women educators 246: 244: 242: 240: 238: 181: 179: 177: 175: 7: 410:19th-century American women writers 51:Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford 136:(1886). She also wrote the books 41:in Newburyport. She attended the 14: 440:American women children's writers 382: 288: 128:. It was followed by a sequel, 455:19th-century American educators 146:Only A Year and What It Brought 366:Works by or about Jane Andrews 154:The Stories of My Four Friends 1: 415:19th-century American writers 425:Educators from Massachusetts 347:Resources in other libraries 323:Resources in other libraries 296:Children's literature portal 55:Louisa Parsons Stone Hopkins 16:American author and educator 420:American children's writers 381:(public domain audiobooks) 471: 47:Thomas Wentworth Higginson 32:Newburyport, Massachusetts 342:Resources in your library 318:Resources in your library 142:The Child's Health Primer 26:Early years and education 331:By Jane Andrews (author) 445:Deaths from meningitis 208:John F. Ohles (1978). 375:Works by Jane Andrews 357:Works by Jane Andrews 309:Jane Andrews (author) 103:Alice Stone Blackwell 30:Andrews was born in 59:State Normal School 49:that also included 163:at the age of 53. 43:Putnam Free School 361:Project Gutenberg 304:Library resources 264:978-0-674-62734-5 221:978-0-8371-9893-4 71:Elizabeth Peabody 462: 386: 385: 370:Internet Archive 298: 293: 292: 291: 276: 275: 273: 271: 248: 233: 232: 230: 228: 205: 192: 191: 183: 159:Andrews died of 67:Lucretia Crocker 470: 469: 465: 464: 463: 461: 460: 459: 390: 389: 383: 353: 352: 351: 328: 327: 312: 311: 307: 294: 289: 287: 284: 279: 269: 267: 265: 250: 249: 236: 226: 224: 222: 207: 206: 195: 185: 184: 173: 169: 91: 79:Antioch College 28: 17: 12: 11: 5: 468: 466: 458: 457: 452: 447: 442: 437: 432: 427: 422: 417: 412: 407: 402: 392: 391: 388: 387: 372: 363: 350: 349: 344: 339: 333: 329: 326: 325: 320: 314: 313: 302: 301: 300: 299: 283: 282:External links 280: 278: 277: 263: 234: 220: 193: 170: 168: 165: 105:, and chemist 95:primary school 90: 87: 27: 24: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 467: 456: 453: 451: 448: 446: 443: 441: 438: 436: 433: 431: 428: 426: 423: 421: 418: 416: 413: 411: 408: 406: 403: 401: 398: 397: 395: 380: 376: 373: 371: 367: 364: 362: 358: 355: 354: 348: 345: 343: 340: 338: 335: 334: 332: 324: 321: 319: 316: 315: 310: 305: 297: 286: 281: 266: 260: 256: 255: 247: 245: 243: 241: 239: 235: 223: 217: 213: 212: 204: 202: 200: 198: 194: 189: 182: 180: 178: 176: 172: 166: 164: 162: 157: 155: 151: 147: 143: 139: 135: 131: 127: 123: 119: 115: 110: 108: 107:J. Lewis Howe 104: 101:, suffragist 100: 96: 88: 86: 84: 80: 76: 72: 68: 64: 60: 56: 52: 48: 44: 40: 37: 33: 25: 23: 21: 337:Online books 330: 308: 268:. Retrieved 253: 225:. Retrieved 210: 187: 158: 153: 152:(1889), and 149: 145: 141: 137: 133: 129: 113: 111: 99:Ethel Parton 92: 29: 20:Jane Andrews 19: 18: 405:1887 deaths 400:1833 births 270:February 9, 75:Horace Mann 63:West Newton 394:Categories 227:8 February 167:References 161:meningitis 36:Unitarian 379:LibriVox 148:(1888), 144:(1885), 126:Japanese 368:at the 140:(1880) 118:Chinese 306:about 261:  218:  124:, and 122:German 89:Career 272:2013 259:ISBN 229:2013 216:ISBN 83:Ohio 53:and 377:at 359:at 81:in 61:in 396:: 237:^ 196:^ 174:^ 120:, 274:. 231:.

Index

Newburyport, Massachusetts
Unitarian
First Religious Society Church and Parish Hall
Putnam Free School
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford
Louisa Parsons Stone Hopkins
State Normal School
West Newton
Lucretia Crocker
Elizabeth Peabody
Horace Mann
Antioch College
Ohio
primary school
Ethel Parton
Alice Stone Blackwell
J. Lewis Howe
Chinese
German
Japanese
meningitis







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