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I need to complete a research paper on the history of adult education and its contributors. Are you able to provide me with the names of a few individuals that I can include in my essay?

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This excerpt provides readers with an overview that covers the greats of adult education and summarizes the impact they had on the development of American culture.

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Who is Fred Schied, author of "Learning in Social Context: Workers and Adult Education in Nineteenth Century Chicago"?
- This author's book discusses the process of democratic social change that took place in Chicago during the Nineteenth Century.

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