296:, Hinton was one of four children. Her father, Clement Chase, who owned a newspaper and a bookstore, was a women's rights advocate and encouraged Hinton's energetic nature and belief that she could do what she wished with her life. Her mother, Lula Belle Edwards, disagreed and tried unsuccessfully to mold Hinton into a more traditional woman's role. During her years at the Omaha's Episcopal School for Girls, Hinton found herself bored with the traditional education and turned to various extra curricular activities including working as an assistant in her father's store and playing tennis. At
25:
379:, which she was to direct until 1955. She based its structure on her belief in the value of manual labor, art and music, and scholarship as equally necessary components of a healthy adult life. At first it enrolled the children of wealthy progressives and liberals; and though all its students, staff, and faculty were heeded and treated as constituents by Hinton, she was the sole director of every aspect of the school.
335:. Hinton was stunned by the events, and according to Susan McIntosh Lloyd, told only her siblings and her best friend, Jane Arms, the truth about Sebastian's death. His own children did not know how he really died until it was accidentally revealed to them by the same biographer. Hinton began teaching kindergarten at the
315:
Shortly after the wedding, she opened a nursery school based in their house and a park nearby. The school was considered a success, seeing its enrollment numbers doubling annually. Sebastian aided in her work by inventing various bits of playground equipment, and is credited with patenting the first
382:
The school's early success depended largely on her forceful personality; in the late 1940s and early 1950s, though, many of the school's teachers began to resent her complete authority over its running. Eventually Hinton was forced to compromise with a nascent teachers' union on matters of salary,
383:
conditions, and procedure. After 1955 she continued to attend the school's meetings, though she was officially retired, and travelled, led trips, founded other education projects and summer camps, and gave speeches.
300:, where she trained as a teacher, Hinton found a greater love of reading and the type of education she had been seeking earlier in life. She graduated in 1912, then moved to
320:. During the first six years of their marriage, the Hintons had three children, all of whom attended their mother's school. The family later moved to
582:
602:
395:
in 1920. Hinton had three children. Her daughter Jean Hinton Rosner (1917-2002) was a civil rights and peace activist. Her daughter
607:
597:
526:
89:
61:
527:"In Winnetka, the jungle gym was born. A look at its evolution, from sky-high rusted pipes to soft, risk-averse playgrounds"
587:
577:
312:. At Hull House she enrolled in a two-year course on the playground, and soon after married Sebastian Hinton, a lawyer.
68:
592:
476:
108:
42:
75:
336:
46:
57:
408:
328:
339:
to keep herself busy. Feeling
Winnetka was becoming a "society suburb", she moved her children to
340:
35:
468:
460:
612:
331:, in 1923 Sebastian checked himself into a clinic for treatment, but while there he committed
82:
391:
Hinton was married to
Sebastian Hinton, a patent attorney who is credited with inventing the
372:
348:
251:
572:
567:
8:
321:
550:
Kennedy, Shawn G.. "Carmelita Hinton, Educator Who
Founded Putney School" (obituary).
472:
400:
364:
344:
297:
277:
193:
465:
Founding
Mothers and Others: Women Educational Leaders During the Progressive Era
360:
293:
149:
511:
505:
499:
493:
561:
153:
363:
for a reduced price for Hinton to found a school. There in 1935 she founded
419:
396:
368:
309:
200:
415:
392:
317:
305:
24:
273:
412:
359:
In 1934 a Hull House friend arranged the sale of Elm Lea Farm in
332:
301:
281:
272:, April 20, 1890 - January 16, 1983) was an American progressive
404:
491:
Hinton's original patents for the "climbing structure" are
376:
418:. William's daughter and Carmelita's granddaughter
49:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
454:
452:
450:
448:
446:
444:
442:
440:
438:
559:
463:. In Sadovnik, Alan R.; Semel, Susan F. (eds.).
435:
461:"Carmelita Chase Hinton and the Putney School"
371:New England boarding school, an experiment in
276:. She is best known as the founder in 1935 of
525:Borrelli, Christopher (19 November 2018).
109:Learn how and when to remove this message
524:
560:
583:20th-century American women educators
554:January 23, 1983: Section 1, page 28.
458:
347:. She later moved again to a farm in
354:
47:adding citations to reliable sources
18:
280:, a progressive boarding school in
13:
544:
343:in 1925 and began teaching at the
14:
624:
603:People from Weston, Massachusetts
327:Having frequently struggled with
386:
23:
608:20th-century American educators
34:needs additional citations for
598:Educators from Omaha, Nebraska
518:
485:
459:Lloyd, Susan McIntosh (2002).
337:North Shore Country Day School
1:
429:
287:
422:is a documentary filmmaker (
7:
588:People from Putney, Vermont
578:Schoolteachers from Vermont
509:filed October 1, 1920; and
10:
629:
424:The Gate of Heavenly Peace
411:. William H. Hinton was a
232:
209:
184:
176:
161:
130:
123:
593:Bryn Mawr College alumni
341:Cambridge, Massachusetts
308:in 1913 as secretary to
216:Champinon Clement Chase
515:filed October 24, 1921.
503:filed October 1, 1920;
245:Philip Bradford Chase
239:Clement Edwards Chase
512:U.S. patent 1,488,246
506:U.S. patent 1,488,245
500:U.S. patent 1,488,244
497:filed July 22, 1920;
494:U.S. patent 1,471,465
467:. Palgrave. pp.
407:before and after the
403:lived for decades in
373:progressive education
349:Weston, Massachusetts
304:, where she lived at
252:Helena Modjeska Chase
43:improve this article
222:Lula Belle Edwards
552:The New York Times
322:Winnetka, Illinois
58:"Carmelita Hinton"
529:. Chicago Tribune
401:William H. Hinton
365:The Putney School
355:The Putney School
345:Shady Hill School
298:Bryn Mawr College
278:The Putney School
263:
262:
194:William H. Hinton
156:
119:
118:
111:
93:
16:American educator
620:
539:
538:
536:
534:
522:
516:
514:
508:
502:
496:
489:
483:
482:
456:
375:, and a working
266:Carmelita Hinton
256:
248:
242:
225:
219:
205:
198:
191:
180:Sebastian Hinton
172:January 16, 1983
171:
169:
148:
144:
142:
125:Carmelita Hinton
121:
120:
114:
107:
103:
100:
94:
92:
51:
27:
19:
628:
627:
623:
622:
621:
619:
618:
617:
558:
557:
547:
545:Further reading
542:
532:
530:
523:
519:
510:
504:
498:
492:
490:
486:
479:
457:
436:
432:
389:
361:Putney, Vermont
357:
294:Omaha, Nebraska
290:
259:
254:
246:
240:
228:
223:
217:
203:
199:
196:
192:
189:
167:
165:
157:
150:Omaha, Nebraska
146:
140:
138:
137:
136:
135:Carmelita Chase
126:
115:
104:
98:
95:
52:
50:
40:
28:
17:
12:
11:
5:
626:
616:
615:
610:
605:
600:
595:
590:
585:
580:
575:
570:
556:
555:
546:
543:
541:
540:
517:
484:
477:
433:
431:
428:
388:
385:
356:
353:
289:
286:
261:
260:
258:
257:
249:
243:
236:
234:
230:
229:
227:
226:
220:
213:
211:
207:
206:
186:
182:
181:
178:
174:
173:
163:
159:
158:
147:
145:April 20, 1890
134:
132:
128:
127:
124:
117:
116:
31:
29:
22:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
625:
614:
613:Hinton family
611:
609:
606:
604:
601:
599:
596:
594:
591:
589:
586:
584:
581:
579:
576:
574:
571:
569:
566:
565:
563:
553:
549:
548:
528:
521:
513:
507:
501:
495:
488:
480:
478:0-312-29502-2
474:
470:
466:
462:
455:
453:
451:
449:
447:
445:
443:
441:
439:
434:
427:
425:
421:
417:
414:
410:
406:
402:
398:
394:
387:Personal life
384:
380:
378:
374:
370:
369:coeducational
366:
362:
352:
350:
346:
342:
338:
334:
330:
325:
323:
319:
313:
311:
307:
303:
299:
295:
285:
283:
279:
275:
271:
267:
253:
250:
244:
238:
237:
235:
231:
221:
215:
214:
212:
208:
202:
195:
187:
183:
179:
175:
164:
160:
155:
151:
133:
129:
122:
113:
110:
102:
91:
88:
84:
81:
77:
74:
70:
67:
63:
60: –
59:
55:
54:Find sources:
48:
44:
38:
37:
32:This article
30:
26:
21:
20:
551:
531:. Retrieved
520:
487:
464:
423:
420:Carma Hinton
399:and her son
390:
381:
367:, the first
358:
326:
314:
291:
269:
265:
264:
188:Jean Hinton
105:
99:October 2021
96:
86:
79:
72:
65:
53:
41:Please help
36:verification
33:
573:1983 deaths
568:1890 births
533:30 November
316:playground
310:Jane Addams
204:(1921-2010)
201:Joan Hinton
197:(1919-2004)
190:(1917-2002)
562:Categories
430:References
416:sinologist
409:revolution
393:jungle gym
329:depression
318:jungle gym
306:Hull House
288:Early life
168:1983-01-16
141:1890-04-20
69:newspapers
247:(brother)
241:(brother)
233:Relatives
292:Born in
274:educator
255:(sister)
224:(mother)
218:(father)
185:Children
469:111–123
413:Marxist
333:suicide
302:Chicago
282:Vermont
210:Parents
83:scholar
475:
177:Spouse
85:
78:
71:
64:
56:
405:China
270:Chase
268:(née
90:JSTOR
76:books
535:2018
473:ISBN
397:Joan
377:farm
162:Died
154:U.S.
131:Born
62:news
426:).
45:by
564::
471:.
437:^
351:.
324:.
284:.
152:,
537:.
481:.
170:)
166:(
143:)
139:(
112:)
106:(
101:)
97:(
87:·
80:·
73:·
66:·
39:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
