Ada Hart Arlitt Papers 1933-1934
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Arlitt, Ada Hart, 1890-
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Ada Hart Arlitt, a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, received her B.A. from Sophie Newcomb College of Tulane University in 1913 and her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1917. In 1917, she took a position as an Associate Professor in Educational Psychology at Bryn Mawr. She held that position until 1923 when she became Chief Psychologist of the Mental Hygiene Clinic in Cincinnati. In 1925, she was appointed Professor and Head of the Department of Child Care and Training in the School of Ho...
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
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The National Congress of Parents and Teachers (now the PTA) was organized by Alice McLellan Birney and Phoebe Apperson Hearst in December 1896. The first national meeting of the National Congress of Mothers (as it was first called) was held in Washington D.C. in February, 1897. In 1908 the name was changed to the National Congress of Mothers and Parent-Teacher Associations in an effort to recognize the importance of the parent-teacher partnership. In 1924, the name was changed to the National Co...
