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Key People

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Celestia Susannah Parrish

American educator

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Carleton Washburne

American educator

John Dewey, an older man with glasses and a mustache, sits and reads a document, wearing a suit and tie.

John Dewey

American philosopher and educator

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Elisabeth Antoinette Irwin

American educator