Nationality American Role Author Name Lou LaBrant | Years active 1900s-1980s Occupation Teacher | |
Born May 28, 1888 ( 1888-05-28 ) Hinckley, Illinois Died 1991, Lawrence, Kansas, United States | ||
Lou L. LaBrant (May 28, 1888 – February 25, 1991) was an American schoolteacher and author notable for her progressive ideas on teaching English. She was president of the National Council of Teachers of English in 1954. She was a pioneer with her ideas toward English education and were based on much practice developing ideas to write about rather than having children learn ever-changing grammar laws.
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Labrant was an English teacher for almost seventy years. She created free reading programs and worked at the University School of the Ohio State University during the 1930s and 1940s. She taught at New York University until she received her doctorate in 1954 from Northwestern University and subsequently studied at Ohio State University. She eventually taught in every state and was the first female professor at Harvard University. She also co-started a series for cooperation between teachers and students with Frieda M. Heller called Experimenting Together — The Librarian and the Teacher of English Among the universities she taught at after retiring were University of Missouri–Kansas City, Clark Atlanta University and Dillard University and, in 1988, she was honored by Baker University for her 100th birthday. In 1962, she received the W. Wilbur Hatfield Award for excellence. She also wrote numerous books on teaching. She died at the age of 102 in 1991 and was cremated.