Scope and Contents:
This press pass, issued to Codd, contains admissions tickets to attend the fair between May 1–October 30, 1893. It also includes a photograph of Codd and a brief statement of her background as a journalist. Several tickets have been removed, but unused tickets remain. The item was printed by the American Bank Note Co., New York.
Biographical/Historical Context:
Margaret Jane Codd (fl. ca. 1890-1920) was a Chicago educator, education and children’s writer, and journalist for educational periodicals. She earned a teaching certificate from the Chicago Board of Education in 1891 and was later employed at the Harrison School. She covered the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition for the
Journal of Education and the 1907 Jamestown Ter-Centennial Exposition for the
School Journal, reporting on educational matters. Codd wrote a number of books, including the education books
Primary Language Exercises (1892) and
How to Teach Constructive Work in Primary Schools (1901) and historical works such as
The Story of Lafayette (1898) and
On Board a United States Battleship with Evans to the Pacific (1919).
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