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Katherine E. Tuley
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Katherine E. Tuley (b August 1834) (d Nov 13, 1923) aka (Kate Tuley, Kate E. Tuley, Mrs. M. F. Tuley, Katherine Edmonson, and Mrs. Murray F. Tuley) She is known for assistance in establishing kindergarten in the public school system in Chicago, Illinois.She did this through her involvement in the Chicago Women's Club of which she was a charter member. She secured aid through the Froebel Kindergarten Association. to help fund Arnold Street Free Kindergarten. May 21, 1884. She founded the School Children's Aid Society in 1889 after law on compulsory education was enacted. In 1893 she was a member of Kindergarten Congress. She went on to become an executive board member of the Chicago Froebel Association. Katherine was married to Judge Murray F. Tuley which Tuley Park in Chicago, Illinois and Tuley High School were named after. |
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