Editing Palmer Method (section)

{{short description|Teaching cursive and learning method}}
[[file:Palmer Method sample.jpg|thumb|Sample writing from ''The Palmer Method of Business Writing'']]
The '''Palmer Method''' of [[penmanship]] instruction was developed and promoted by [[A. N. Palmer|Austin Palmer]] in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was intended to simplify the earlier "[[Spencerian script|Spencerian method]]", which had been the main handwriting learning method since the 1840s.<ref name= "deadmediawiki">{{Citation | last = Tyler | first = Robin DVC | date = 2010-04-12 | title = Palmer Method of Penmanship | publisher = NYU Dead Media Archive | access-date = 12 April 2010 | url=http://cultureandcommunication.org/deadmedia/index.php/Palmer_Method_of_Penmanship#Precursors_and_Palmer.27s_Method}}.</ref> The Palmer Method soon became the most popular handwriting system in the [[United States]].<ref name = apps>{{cite book|last1=Apps-Bodilly|first1=Susan|title=One room schools : stories from the days of 1 room, 1 teacher, 8 grades|date=2013|publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society|isbn=978-0-87020616-0|page=61|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ThFJAgAAQBAJ&q=palmer+%22most+popular%22+handwriting&pg=PA61|access-date=24 January 2015}}</ref>

Under the method, students were taught to adopt a uniform system of [[cursive writing]] with rhythmic elliptical motions.