Lucy Wheelock

Lucy Wheelock
"A Woman of the Century"
"A Woman of the Century"
BornFebruary 1, 1857
Cambridge, Vermont, U.S.
DiedOctober 1, 1946(1946-10-01) (aged 89)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Resting placeMountain View Cemetery, Cambridge, Vermont, U.S.
Occupationearly childhood education pioneer within the American kindergarten movement
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Alma materChauncy-Hall School
Subjectkindergarten education
Literary movementFröbel system
RelativesJohn Adams

Lucy Wheelock (February 1, 1857 – October 1, 1946) was an American early childhood education pioneer within the American kindergarten movement.[1] She began her career by teaching the kindergarten program at Chauncy-Hall School (1879–89). Wheelock was the founder and head of Wheelock Kindergarten Training School, which later became Wheelock College in Boston, Massachusetts, and is now the namesake of Boston University's college of education BU Wheelock. She wrote, lectured, and translated on subjects related to education.

  1. ^ Garraty, Carnes & American Council of Learned Societies 1999, p. 152-153.