Georgia Alexander

Georgia Alexander (1868 – November 21, 1928) was an American educator, author, and editor of public school textbooks.

[1][2] Her book series included: Child Classics (assisted by her sister, Grace Alexander); Alexander-Dewey Arithmetic (with John Dewey); and Graded Poetry (with Katherine Devereux Blake).

She was also the author of a set of readers and a speller used in Indiana public schools for ten years.

[7] At Columbia University, she met Dr. John Dewey, a professor of psychology, with whom she collaborated in editing the Alexander-Dewey Arithmetic.

[4] She died in Indianapolis, on November 21, 1928, in a private hotel she owned and operated with her sister, Grace Alexander.

Alexander in her office in Indianapolis School 45 (1914)
Photo from The Indianapolis News , 1928