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The Manumit School was a progressive Christian socialist boarding school located in Pawling, New York, between 1924 and 1943, and from 1944 to 1958 in Bristol, Pennsylvania. Founded on purchased farm land by Rev. William Fincke and his wife Helen, it was formerly
He attended Manumit School, a Christian socialist boarding school in Pawling, New York, during the late 1930s, and Peekskill Military Academy in Peekskill, New York.
This paper examines and discusses the Manumit School, which was founded in 1924 in Pawling, New York, by William and Helen Fincke. Manumit was described by its supporters as representing an alliance of progressive labor and progressive education.
- Scott Walter
- 1998
Labor's Demonstration School: The Manumit School for Workers' Children, 1924-1932. Scott Walter. Published 1998. History, Education. A 1985 AFL-CIO report suggested that the steep decline in union affiliation among members of the working class might be related to the ways in which public schools shape student opinions on organized labor.
Jul 20, 2020 · Near the main entrance of Zankel Hall, Teachers College, a series of photographs of everyday activities and events at the Horace Mann school annexed to the college sparked my interest.
- Elsie Rockwell
- 2020
Manumit School: Brief Chronology. 1924—Rev. William Mann Fincke and his wife, Helen Hamlin, founded Manumit as an elementary level, co-educational, boarding school on a working farm in Pawling, NY.
Manumit School was a Christian socialist school in Pawling, NY, 1924-1943, then in Bristol, PA, 1944-1958.
