Editing New Harmony, Indiana (section)

==== History of education ====
The history of education at New Harmony involves several teachers who were already well-established in their fields before they moved to New Harmony, largely through the efforts of William Maclure. These Pestalozzian educators included Marie Duclos Fretageot and Joseph Neef. By the time Maclure arrived in New Harmony he had already established the first Pestalozzian school in America. Fretageot and Neef had been Pestalozzian educators and school administrators at Maclure's schools in Pennsylvania.<ref name=Pitzer/>

Under Maclure's direction and using his philosophy of education, New Harmony schools became the first public schools in the United States open to boys and girls. Maclure also established  at New Harmony one of the country's first industrial or trade schools.<ref>Wilson, p. 187.</ref> He also had his extensive library and geological collection shipped to New Harmony from Philadelphia. In 1838 Maclure established The Working Men's Institute, a society for "mutual instruction".<ref>Wilson, p. 173, 188.</ref> It includes the oldest continuously operating library in Indiana, as well as a small museum. The vault in the library contains many historic manuscripts, letters, and documents pertaining to the history of New Harmony. Under the terms of his will, Maclure also offered $500 to any club or society of laborers in the United States who established a reading and lecture room with a library of at least 100 books. About 160 libraries in Indiana and Illinois took advantage of his bequest.<ref>Wilson, p. 188&ndash;189.</ref><ref>Walker, p. 9&ndash;10.</ref>

[[Marie Duclos Fretageot]] managed Pestalozzian schools that Maclure organized in France and Philadelphia before coming to New Harmony aboard the ''Philanthropist''. In New Harmony she was responsible for the infant's school (for children under age five), supervised several young women she had brought with her from Philadelphia, ran a store, and was Maclure's administrator during his residence in Mexico.<ref>Walker, p. 18, 19, 21.</ref> Fretageot remained in New Harmony until 1831, returned to France, and later joined Maclure in Mexico, where she died in 1833.<ref name="Wilson, p. 184"/> Correspondence of Maclure and Fretageot from 1820 to 1833 was extensive and is documented in ''Partnership for Posterity.''<ref>Josephine Mirabella Elliott, ed. ''Partnership for Posterity: The Correspondence of William Maclure and Marie Duclos Fretageot, 1820&ndash;1833'' (Indianapolis, IN: [[Indiana Historical Society]], 1994)</ref>

[[Joseph Neef]] ( 1770&ndash;1854) published in 1808 the first work on educational method to be written in English in the United States, ''Sketch of A Plan and Method of Education.''<ref name=KimberlingNeef>Clark Kimberling, [http://faculty.evansville.edu/ck6/bstud/neef.html "Francis Joseph Nicholas Neef"], University of Evansville. Retrieved June 20, 2012.</ref> Maclure brought Neef, a Pestalozzian educator from Switzerland, to Philadelphia, and placed him in charge of his school for boys. It was the first school in the United States to be based on Pestalozzian methods. In 1826 Neef, his wife, and children came to New Harmony to run the schools under Maclure's direction.<ref name=Wilson185>Wilson, p. 185.</ref><ref>Walker, p. 35&ndash;36.</ref> Neef, following Maclure's curriculum, became superintendent of the schools in New Harmony, where as many as 200 students, ranging in age from five to twelve, were enrolled.<ref name=KimberlingNeef/><ref name=Wilson185/><ref>On March 23, 1837, an unusual triple marriage took place at New Harmony, when Neef's daughter, Anne Eliza, married Richard Owen, Neef's daughter, Caroline, married David Dale Owen, and Mary Bouton married William Owen.</ref>

[[Jane Dale Owen Fauntleroy]] (1806&ndash;1861), daughter of Robert Owen, arrived in New Harmony in 1833. She married civil engineer Robert Henry Fauntleroy in 1835. He became a business partner of David Dale and Robert Dale Owen. Jane Owen Fauntleroy established a seminary for young women in her family's New Harmony home, where her brother, David Dale Owen, taught science.<ref>Clark Kimberling, et al. [http://faculty.evansville.edu/ck6/bstud/jdowen.html "Jane Dale Owen Fauntleroy"], University of Evansville. Retrieved June 20, 2012.</ref>

Students in New Harmony now attend [[North Posey High School]] after New Harmony High School closed in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.courierpress.com/story/news/2019/03/19/vacant-new-harmony-school-has-new-owner/3205681002/|title=Old vacant school in New Harmony has a new owner who vows to preserve it|last=Martin|first=John T.|website=Evansville Courier & Press|language=en|access-date=September 22, 2019}}</ref>