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Emma Lou Wilder research papers, 1970
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This collection contains correspondence between Linda J. Thompson and Emma Lou Wilder, students of Ms. Wilder, and organizations Ms. Wilder was involved in.
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- English
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- .25 cubic feet (1 boxes)
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- ocn974211973
- See also: "Emma Lou Wilder : she came to teach" by Linda J. Thompson, "Emma Lou Wilder : helper to heights" by Elizabeth Wiley, and UW-L Biographies vertical file for Emma Lou Wilder.
- Ms. Linda J. Thompson graduated from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse with a B.S. and M.S. in Physical Education in 1969 and 1970, respectively. She also attended post graduate classes in Adapted Physical Education at UW-L. She completed her M.S.E. in Guidance and Counseling at UW-Oshkosh in 1990. Ms. Thompson taught Physical Education, Health, and was a School Counseler in Wisconsin Public Schools for 20 years, and was employed by the Kimberly Clark Corporation for 15 years as a Corporate Health Service Instructor. While at UW-L, Ms. Thompson wrote a thesis on Emma Lou Wilder entitled "Emma Lou Wilder : She came to teach."
- Ms. Emma Lou Wilder was born in South Woodstock, Vermont on Feburary 6th, 1891. She taught in Springfield, Vermont and Boston, Massachusetts before attending the University of Pittsburgh. She received a Physical Education degree there and established a recreation program in a tenement discrict that became a national model. She also received a Masters of Education from Harvard. Ms. Wilder was Associate Director of Physical Education at UW-La Crosse from 1946-1957, and was a faculty member from 1921-1957. She founded the Women's Athletic Association in 1923, was elected president of the Wisconsin Physical Education Association in 1926, and served as president of the Wisconsin Association of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation in 1928 and 1946. A new women's dorm at UW-L was named for her in 1949. Ms. Wilder retired to Ouray, Colorado, where she lived until her death at the age of 89, on July 30th, 1980.
- Donated by Linda J. Thompson.