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'''Ellen Rebecca Whitmore''' (also Goodale; March 2, 1828 – February 23, 1861) was the first principal teacher at the [[Cherokee Female Seminary]] in modern-day [[Oklahoma]] and later served as a missionary in Hawaii. |
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<!-- The Infobox_Biography entries are examples only-->'''Ellen Whitmore''' (Ellen Whitmore Goodale; Ellen Rebecca Whitmore; Ellen Goodale; Ellen Rebecca Whitmore Goodale) (March 2, 1828 – February 23, 1861) was the principal teacher at the [[Cherokee Female Seminary]], and was a missionary in Hawaii. She, along with Sarah Worcester, were hired by [[Cherokee]] leader [[David Vann (Cherokee leader)|David Vann]] and William Potter Ross to teach at the newly built [[Cherokee Female Seminary]] in modern-day [[Oklahoma]]. |
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==Biography== |
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Ellen Rebecca Whitmore graduated from [[Mount Holyoke College]] in 1850. [[Cherokee]] leader [[David Vann (Cherokee leader)|David Vann]] and William Potter Ross hired her and Sarah Worcester to teach at the newly built [[Cherokee Female Seminary]], in Indian Territory (in modern-day Oklahoma).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2012-06-08|title=Ellen Whitmore Goodale|url=https://www.mtholyoke.edu/175/gallery/ellen-whitmore-goodale|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-10|website=Mount Holyoke College|language=en}}</ref> Her journey from [[Massachusetts]] started on October 5, 1850, and ended on November 13 of the same year when she, along with Sarah Worcester and David Vann, arrived in [[Park Hill, Oklahoma]]. Worcester's father and stepmother, who were missionaries at Park Hill, met them there.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The Journal of Ellen Whitmore by Bowers, Lola Garrett and Kathleen Garrett ( Editors ) ( Ellen Rebecca Whitmore Goodale ) ( Foreword by T. L. Ballenger ): Very Good Wraps (1953) {{!}} Oak Tree Books|url=https://www.abebooks.com/Journal-Ellen-Whitmore-Bowers-Lola-Garrett/16594670520/bd|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-15|website=www.abebooks.com|language=en}}</ref> Upon their arrival to the location of the new school, Whitmore wrote in her journal:<blockquote>"The little room where I am writing, and which they call mine, is unfinished,—has neither paint nor plaster,—but it has a nice comfortable bed, a nice rocking chair and a bright blazing fire in the corner, and its occupant is very cheerful and happy. Three thousand miles! . . . I can see the building from the piazza of this house with my eyeglass. It is a beautiful brick building with pillars on three sides of it and presents a fine appearance from here. I shall go as soon as I can to see it, and I look at it with a good deal of interest. The future is hidden from me—whether happiness or sorrow is in store for me in that school I cannot tell. If I can only see plainly that I am in the path of duty it is all that I could ask."<ref name=":1" /> </blockquote>In May 1851 the Cherokee Female Seminary opened for classes and welcomed its first class or students, which consisted of twenty-five students.<ref name=":0" /> Due to the "hot and unhealthy months" the seminary concluded its first term early with only thirteen weeks out of twenty weeks of teaching completed. |
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While at the seminary Whitmore had to deal with a lack of funding, and a dwindling amount of student enrollment.<ref name=":2" /> After several months, Ellen Whitmore wrote to Cherokee Chief [[John Ross (Cherokee chief)|John Ross]] in March 1852, to announce that she planned to resign from her position of principal teacher at the Cherokee Female Seminary. She wished for help in finding someone to replace her. Whitmore added that she intended to marry a man from her hometown in New England.<ref name=":2" /> |
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The seminary had only recently began construction, but upon their arrival to the location of the seminary, Whitmore wrote: <blockquote>"The little room where I am writing, and which they call mine, is unfinished,—has neither paint nor plaster,—but it has a nice comfortable bed, a nice rocking chair and a bright blazing fire in the corner, and its occupant is very cheerful and happy. Three thousand miles!"... "I can see the building from the piazza of this house with my eyeglass. It is a beautiful brick building with pillars on three sides of it and presents a fine appearance from here. I shall go as soon as I can to see it, and I look at it with a good deal of interest. The future is hidden from me—whether happiness or sorrow is in store for me in that school I cannot tell. If I can only see plainly that I am in the path of duty it is all that I could ask." <ref name=":1" /> </blockquote>In May of 1851 the Cherokee Female Seminary opened for classes and began teaching its first class or students, which consisted of twenty-five students.<ref name=":0" /> Due to the "hot and unhealthy months" the seminary completed its first term early with thirteen weeks out or twenty weeks of teaching being completed. While at the seminary Whitmore had to deal with a lack of funding, and a dwindling amount of student enrolment. <ref name=":2" /> |
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In June 1852, Ellen Whitmore and Warren Goodale were married at the home of John Ross.<ref>{{cite news|work=[[Tahlequah Daily Press]]|url=https://www.tahlequahdailypress.com/news/retaining-good-faculty-tough-for-seminaries/article_812d4a8c-6153-55e3-900c-b9a36d060bf4.html|title=Retaining good faculty tough for seminaries|author=Brad Agnew|date=2016-07-02|access-date=2020-12-16}}</ref> After their marriage, the couple traveled to [[Hawaii]] where they worked as missionaries and worked with the Polynesian people of Hawaii. Goodale and her husband had five children.<ref name=":0" /> Ellen Whitmore Goodale died in Hawaii in 1861.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|first=Brad|last=Agnew|date=|title=Retaining good faculty tough for seminaries|url=https://www.tahlequahdailypress.com/news/retaining-good-faculty-tough-for-seminaries/article_812d4a8c-6153-55e3-900c-b9a36d060bf4.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-14|website=Tahlequah Daily Press|language=en}}</ref> |
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Despite only beginning her teaching in May of 1851, Ellen Whitmore wrote to [[John Ross (Cherokee chief)]] in March of 1852, and said that she was planning on resigning from her position of principal teacher at the Cherokee Female Seminary and that she wished for someone to help her in finding someone to take her position at the seminary. Within her resignation letter Whitmore also said that she was planning on marrying someone from her hometown n New England. Whitmore's co-teacher Sarah Worcester also resigned from her position at the seminary two years after Whitmore.<ref name=":2" /> |
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| ⚫ | Whitmore and her fellow educators at the Cherokee Female Seminary later won recognition when her students were given exams on subjects they learned at the seminary. William S. Robertson was one of the people assessing the students, and after all of the exams were completed he stated that "They [the students] were a credit to their teachers & their Nation may well be proud of them."<ref name=":2" /> |
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In June of 1852, Ellen Whitmore and Warren Goodale (1826–1897) were married at the home of John Ross. After their marriage, the couple traveled to [[Hawaii]] where they worked as missionaries and worked with the Polynesian people of Hawaii. Goodale and her husband had five children<ref name=":0" />, three of whom were Mary Edgell Goodale (1853-1908), Charles W. Goodale (1854-1929), and David Goodale (1861-1952)<ref name=":3" />. Ellen Whitmore and Warren Goodale were married up until Ellen Whitmore died in Hawaii in 1861.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=news@tahlequahdailypress.com|first=Brad Agnew|date=|title=Retaining good faculty tough for seminaries|url=https://www.tahlequahdailypress.com/news/retaining-good-faculty-tough-for-seminaries/article_812d4a8c-6153-55e3-900c-b9a36d060bf4.html|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-14|website=Tahlequah Daily Press|language=en}}</ref> Ellen Whitmore was buried in her birth town of Marlborough, Massachusetts, and her husband and children are buried alongside her at the Spring Hill cemetery.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Ellen R Whitmore Goodale (1828-1861) - Find A...|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33361538/ellen-r-goodale|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-14|website=www.findagrave.com|language=en}}</ref> |
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==Bibliography== |
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Brad Agnew news@tahlequahdailypress.com. “Retaining Good Faculty Tough for Seminaries.” ''Tahlequah Daily Press'', 2 July 2016, www.tahlequahdailypress.com/news/retaining-good-faculty-tough-for-seminaries/article_812d4a8c-6153-55e3-900c-b9a36d060bf4.html. Accessed 4 Nov. 2020. |
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| ⚫ | Laubach, Maria, and Joan K Smith. “Educating with Heart, Head, and Hands: Pestalozzianism, Women Seminaries, and the Spread of Progressive Ideas in Indian Territory.” ''American Educational History Journal'', vol. 38, no. 1–2, 2011, pp. |
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---. “Educating with Heart, Head, and Hands: Pestalozzianism, Women Seminaries, and the Spread of Progressive Ideas in Indian Territory.” ''American Educational History Journal'', vol. 38, no. 1–2, 2011, pp. 341–357, go.gale.com/ps/i.do?v=2.1&it=r&sw=w&id=GALE%7CA284325082&prodId=AONE&sid=googleScholarFullText&userGroupName=mlin_b_massblc&isGeoAuthType=true. Accessed 4 Nov. 2020. |
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==See also== |
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*[[Mary Lyon]] |
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*[[Trail of Tears]] |
*[[Trail of Tears]] |
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*Agnew, Brad. [https://www.tahlequahdailypress.com/news/retaining-good-faculty-tough-for-seminaries/article_812d4a8c-6153-55e3-900c-b9a36d060bf4.html “Retaining Good Faculty Tough for Seminaries.”] ''[[Tahlequah Daily Press]]'', 2 July 2016 |
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| ⚫ | *Laubach, Maria, and Joan K Smith. [https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1G1-284325082/educating-with-heart-head-and-hands-pestalozzianism “Educating with Heart, Head, and Hands: Pestalozzianism, Women Seminaries, and the Spread of Progressive Ideas in Indian Territory.”] ''American Educational History Journal'', vol. 38, no. 1–2, 2011, pp. 341–357 |
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==Further reading== |
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Mihesuah, Devon A. (1993). Cultivating the Rosebuds: The Education of Women at the Cherokee Female Seminary. [[University of Illinois Press]]. {{ISBN|9780252019531}}. |
*Mihesuah, Devon A. (1993). ''Cultivating the Rosebuds: The Education of Women at the Cherokee Female Seminary.'' [[University of Illinois Press]]. {{ISBN|9780252019531}}. |
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Latest revision as of 03:30, 3 March 2024
Ellen Rebecca Whitmore (also Goodale; March 2, 1828 – February 23, 1861) was the first principal teacher at the Cherokee Female Seminary in modern-day Oklahoma and later served as a missionary in Hawaii.
Biography
[edit]Ellen Rebecca Whitmore graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1850. Cherokee leader David Vann and William Potter Ross hired her and Sarah Worcester to teach at the newly built Cherokee Female Seminary, in Indian Territory (in modern-day Oklahoma).[1] Her journey from Massachusetts started on October 5, 1850, and ended on November 13 of the same year when she, along with Sarah Worcester and David Vann, arrived in Park Hill, Oklahoma. Worcester's father and stepmother, who were missionaries at Park Hill, met them there.[2] Upon their arrival to the location of the new school, Whitmore wrote in her journal:
"The little room where I am writing, and which they call mine, is unfinished,—has neither paint nor plaster,—but it has a nice comfortable bed, a nice rocking chair and a bright blazing fire in the corner, and its occupant is very cheerful and happy. Three thousand miles! . . . I can see the building from the piazza of this house with my eyeglass. It is a beautiful brick building with pillars on three sides of it and presents a fine appearance from here. I shall go as soon as I can to see it, and I look at it with a good deal of interest. The future is hidden from me—whether happiness or sorrow is in store for me in that school I cannot tell. If I can only see plainly that I am in the path of duty it is all that I could ask."[2]
In May 1851 the Cherokee Female Seminary opened for classes and welcomed its first class or students, which consisted of twenty-five students.[1] Due to the "hot and unhealthy months" the seminary concluded its first term early with only thirteen weeks out of twenty weeks of teaching completed.
While at the seminary Whitmore had to deal with a lack of funding, and a dwindling amount of student enrollment.[3] After several months, Ellen Whitmore wrote to Cherokee Chief John Ross in March 1852, to announce that she planned to resign from her position of principal teacher at the Cherokee Female Seminary. She wished for help in finding someone to replace her. Whitmore added that she intended to marry a man from her hometown in New England.[3]
In June 1852, Ellen Whitmore and Warren Goodale were married at the home of John Ross.[4] After their marriage, the couple traveled to Hawaii where they worked as missionaries and worked with the Polynesian people of Hawaii. Goodale and her husband had five children.[1] Ellen Whitmore Goodale died in Hawaii in 1861.[3]
Whitmore and her fellow educators at the Cherokee Female Seminary later won recognition when her students were given exams on subjects they learned at the seminary. William S. Robertson was one of the people assessing the students, and after all of the exams were completed he stated that "They [the students] were a credit to their teachers & their Nation may well be proud of them."[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Ellen Whitmore Goodale". Mount Holyoke College. 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
- ^ a b "The Journal of Ellen Whitmore by Bowers, Lola Garrett and Kathleen Garrett ( Editors ) ( Ellen Rebecca Whitmore Goodale ) ( Foreword by T. L. Ballenger ): Very Good Wraps (1953) | Oak Tree Books". www.abebooks.com. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
- ^ a b c d Agnew, Brad. "Retaining good faculty tough for seminaries". Tahlequah Daily Press. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
- ^ Brad Agnew (2016-07-02). "Retaining good faculty tough for seminaries". Tahlequah Daily Press. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
Sources
[edit]- Bowers, Lola, et al. The Journal of Ellen Whitmore. 1953.
- Agnew, Brad. “Retaining Good Faculty Tough for Seminaries.” Tahlequah Daily Press, 2 July 2016
- “Ellen Whitmore Goodale.” Mount Holyoke College, 8 June 2012, Accessed 4 Nov. 2020.
- Laubach, Maria, and Joan K Smith. “Educating with Heart, Head, and Hands: Pestalozzianism, Women Seminaries, and the Spread of Progressive Ideas in Indian Territory.” American Educational History Journal, vol. 38, no. 1–2, 2011, pp. 341–357
- Mihesuah, Devon A. Cultivating the Rosebuds : The Education of Women at the Cherokee Female Seminary, 1851-1909. Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1998; ISBN 9780252066771
Further reading
[edit]- Mihesuah, Devon A. (1993). Cultivating the Rosebuds: The Education of Women at the Cherokee Female Seminary. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252019531.