Nellie Dick (born Naomi Ploschansky; 15 May 1893 – 31 October 1995) was an anarchist educator and for 40 years was at the forefront of the Modern Schools movement.
[1] Alongside her husband, Jim Dick, she worked at the American Modern Schools in Stelton, Mohegan and Lakewood.
[1] Her father was active in the Jewish trade union and anarchist movements and worked as a baker and a capmaker.
[5][6][3]: 242 Her family moved to Russia after the revolution, with her sister Bertha later spending 15 years in a prison camp.
[1] From 1917 until 1924 Nellie and Jim Dick both worked at the modern school in Stelton, New Jersey.