Caroline Beaumont Zachry

Caroline Beaumont Zachry (20 April 1894 – 22 February 1945) was an educational psychologist born in New York City to James Greer Zachry and Elise Clarkson Thompson. Her maternal grandfather was Hugh Smith Thompson the Governor of South Carolina from 1882 to 1886.

Early life

Caroline attended the

in 1929.

Career

Her interest in psychology and its message to teachers prompted her to travel to Vienna in the 1930s where she studied under the psychiatrist

that lasted until her death three years later in 1945.

Family

Caroline was never married but adopted two children in the 1930s, Stephen Beaumont and Nancy Greer.

Works

• Illustrations of English Work in the Junior High School. 1925
• Personality Adjustments of School Children. 1929
• Reorganizing Secondary Education. 1939 (co-authored with Vivian T. Thayer and Ruth Kotinsky)
• Democracy and the Curriculum. 1939

References

• Graham, Patricia Albjerg. "Zachry, Caroline Beaumont" Notable American Women, Vol. 3, 4th ed., The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1975
• worldcat.org

External links

• Craig Alan Kridel; John I. Goodlad; Robert V. Bullough (2007). Stories of the Eight-year Study. SUNY Press.
  ISBN 978-0-7914-7053-4
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• Montclair State University