Year Honored: 1983
Birth: 1905 - 1996
Biography
Edith Jackson Newton began her 40-year career in education teaching in a two-room Maryland schoolhouse with students aged 10-17, when she was only 17 herself. Over the course of her career, Newton taught everything from kindergarten to college.
Aside from her work in the classroom, Newton became involved in numerous educational associations. Newton was President of the Claymont Education Association, President of the New Castle County Education Association, the first President of the Claymont Business and Professional Women’s Club, and President of the New Castle County Retired Teachers Association.
She was also a delegate of the Delaware State Education Association, an organization representing school-workers in Delaware that are dedicated to providing “the best educational opportunities” to Delaware students. In addition, Newton volunteered as a consultant and speaker to the International Literacy Association. The ILA is “a global advocacy and membership organization… [that sets] the standard for how literacy is defined, taught, and evaluated.”
Newton was honored as Woman of the Year in 1969 by the Alpha Delta Kappa Honorary Teacher’s Sorority and again in 1973 by the Claymont Business and Professional Women’s Club.
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Sources and Additional Readings
About DSEA: Delaware State Education Association. Front page. (n.d.). Retrieved December 15, 2021, from https://www.dsea.org/content/about-dsea
About Us. International Literacy Association. (n.d.). Retrieved December 15, 2021, from https://www.literacyworldwide.org/about-us
Edith J Newton (1905-1996) - find a grave... Find a Grave. (n.d.). Retrieved December 15, 2021, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133727909/edith-j-newton
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