Alma Thomas's 1934 master's thesis focused on using marionettes as a 'correlating activity' to combine lessons in anatomy, design principles, electrical engineering, history, language arts, music, sewing and woodworking.
Sources
- Eleven Fascinating Acquisitions That Joined the ... (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/alma-woodsey-thomas (womenshistory.org)
- https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/ballinst_catalogues/17/ (digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu)
- https://library.tc.columbia.edu/blog/content/2023/september/today-in-history-alma-thomas-is-born.php (library.tc.columbia.edu)
- https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-alma-thomas-arrived-seminal-style-vibrant-abstract-painting (artsy.net)
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