Lucretia Crocker

Lucretia Crocker (December 31, 1829 – October 9, 1886) was an American science educator. Crocker founded the Women's Education Association in 1872.

Early life Although there is not much information available about Lucretia Crocker's childhood, we know that her family has long standing roots in New England. Researchers claim that her ancestors settled in the "Old Common Wealth" which is better known now as the state of Massachusetts. Crocker was born on 31 December in 1829, daughter of county sheriff and businessman Henry, and Lydia E. Crocker (née Ferris) in Barnstable, Massachusetts. Crocker had ancestors that had settled in the old Commonwealth. Throughout her adolescence she attended Boston public schools. Her family moved to Shawmut Avenue in Boston, where she attended the Normal School for Girls. The school system was established in Lexington, Mass in 1839. She was elected to the Boston School Committee in 1873. From 1873 to about 1876 she was head of the science department of the Society to Encourage Studies at Home, serving on the board of school supervisors from 1876 to 1886. and was the first female supervisor in the Boston Public Schools District.