Yeomans, Julia Howard Day (1871-1962)

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Julia Day Yeomans to Jane Addams, May 30, 1904

Edward Yeomans to Jane Addams, June 1, 1904

Edward Yeomans to Jane Addams, November 29, 1910

Jane Addams to Ada Lois James, March 20, 1912

Eleanor Daggett Karsten to Jane Addams, April 28, 1920

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Birth Date

1871-03-01

Death Date

1962-09-05

Birthplace

Springfield, MA

Biographical Text

Julia Day Yeomans was an education activist. Cognizant of the different learning abilities in different children, Day and her husband advocated for more individualized learning plans. They believed children should learn and receive their education at an individually determined pace. The Yeomans moved to California from the Chicago area and opened the Ojai Valley School, a private school in Ojai, California. Yeomans died in 1962.

Day married Edward "Ned" Yeomans in 1904. The couple had two sons. Andrew and Edward Jr.

Occupation

Education activist

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Photograph from U.S. Passport Applications.

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Hajo, Cathy Moran

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Gender

Female

First appears

1904

Bibliography and Links

"Julia Yeomans," Chicago Daily Tribune, 6 September 1962, pg. 78.

Taylor, Lynn Yoakum. Ojai Valley School. Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 2014. https://books.google.com/books?id=HqxpBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA19&lpg=PA19&dq=julia+day+yeomans&source=bl&ots=w (accessed January 31, 2017).

U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925

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“Yeomans, Julia Howard Day (1871-1962),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed July 26, 2024, http://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/3260.