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Benjamin Franklin
Born in Boston.
Contribution to education:founded an academy and emphasis on science and practical skills. -
Thomas Jefferson
Born in Virginia.
Contribution to education:founded the University of Virginia,supported the idea of public education and taxpayers would provide the resources for public education.The scholarships based on merits -
Benjamin Rush
Born in Philadelphia.
Contribution to education:advocate of women's education,advocated church-related schools -
Noah Webster
Born in Western Division of Hartford .
Contribution to education:worked to construct a distinctive American version of the English language,influenced 'Americanization' -
Horace Mann
Born in Massachusetts.
Contribution to education:built support for common schools,argued that public education was necessary for a democratic society -
Catharine Beecher
Born in New York.
Contribution to education:connected the common school to women's education,envisioned elementary-school teaching as women's profession -
Booker T.Washington
Born in Virginia.
Contribution to education:endorsed industrial education,shaped the Tuskegee curriculum,preserved and slowly advanced African American's education -
W.E.B Du Bois
Born in Massachusetts.
Contribution to education:helped organized the National Association for the Advancement of colored People,argued all American Children and youth,including African Americans ,should have genuine equality of education opportunity,promoted social and educational change for African Americans
