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Mabel Ray Goodlander
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Overview
Mabel Ray Goodlander was an American elementary school teacher at the Ethical Culture School in New York City, and author of Fairy Plays for Children.
Narrative
Born in Illinois, March 1, 1869, Mabel Ray Goodlander was the daughter of Daniel Goodlander (1828 - 1918) and his wife Katherine F. (Rogers) (d. 1882). She was the youngest sister of Emma and Alice by the same marriage. Daniel retired as vice president of Emerson Manufacturing, living his final years in Rockford, Illinois.
Mabel remained unmarried until her death on February 23, 1944 in Rockford, Illinois, but had a noteworthy career in elementary education, appearing in newspapers for her presenations at various educational conferences. One article in the Tacoma Times describes her specialty as a teacher of students ages 4 - 9. The same article reports her lectures for the Home School which was intended as an aid for busy mothers and housewives who did not have the time to find stories, amusements, and recreation for their pre-schoolers.
Her professional interests took her to many places around the country where she lectured on the Home School and the practices and principles of the Ethical Culture School for which she is most well known, a school which operated in New York City stressing student directed education. One article appearing in the New York Times in the 1930s reported her departure as principal of a school.
Goodlander was also an author whose most important book is Fairy Plays for Children published in 1915 by Rand McNally, a book featuring photographs of children acting in plays. A 1921 book titled Education Through Experience reports a four year educational experiment at the Ethical Culture School, and is still in print today.
References
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126172759/daniel-goodlander
• https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1911-09-19/ed-1/seq-5/
• Dixon-Evening-Telegraph-Jul-02-1900-p-8.pdf
• NYTimesNov121910p29.pdf
• Detroit-Times-Aug-24-1911-p-5.pdf
• Newark-Evening-Star-And-Newark-Advertiser-Sep-19-1911-p-15.pdf
• Newark-Evening-Star-And-Newark-Advertiser-Sep-20-1911-p-15.pdf
• Newark-Evening-Star-And-Newark-Advertiser-Oct-16-1911-p-14.pdf
• New-York-Times-Jul-14-1912-p-56.pdf
• Portsmouth-Herald-Apr-28-1926-p-2.pdf
• Freeport-Journal-Standard-Oct-18-1940-p-16.pdf
• Dixon-Evening-Telegraph-Feb-29-1944-p-5.pdf
• StAlbansMigrationRecords.pdf
• Des-Moines-Daily-News-Sep-30-1911-p-5.pdf
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