Julia K. Sommer

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Julia K. Sommer was an American Theosophist, astrologer, lecturer, and educator.

Early life and education

Miss Summer was born in Germany. She received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Chicago, and a Master of Arts degree from Columbia University.[1]


Correspondence dated 1925-1935 from her work at the Theosophical World-University is in the Mary Anita Ewer Papers at the Cornell University Archives.[2].

Writings

Julia Sommers, in her capacity as Chairman of the Theosophical World-University Association in America, edited Child Training: In the Light of Theosophy, which was compiled by Professor R. K. Kulkarni of the League of Parents and Teachers.


Bibliography

Child Training: In the Light of Theosophy. Wheaton, IL: The Theosophical Press, 1927. Julkarni, R. K., compiler, and Julia K. Sommer, editor.

The Dramatic Instinct: Its Place in Elementary Education. Chicago: Theosophical Fraternity in Education in America, 1925.

Progressive Steps in Education; a Partial Report on the Second West Coast Conference on Progressive Education, a Consideration of the Problems There Discussed, and Historical Matter Pertinent Thereto. Rochester, N.Y., Henriette Posner, 1930.

When Were You Born? Or, The Prenatal Correction of a Horoscope (a Short-cut Method). Ojai, Calif: Theosophical World University in America, 1938.

Notes

  1. The International Theosophical Year Book 1938 (Adyar, Madras, India: Theosophical Publishing House, 1938): 214.
  2. Mary Anita Ewer Papers. WorldCat [1]