Editing Zerna Sharp (section)

==Early life and education==
Zerna Addas Sharp was born on August 12, 1889, to Charles and Lottie (Smith) Sharp in [[Hillisburg]], [[Clinton County, Indiana]], and was the eldest of the family's five children. Zerna's father owned a general store in Hillisburg. After graduating from high school she completed a year of teacher training at Marion Normal College ([[Indiana Wesleyan University]]) in [[Marion, Indiana]], but never earned a degree, and later attended [[Columbia University]] in [[New York City]].<ref name=NYT-6-1981>{{cite news|author=Joseph B. Treaster | title =Zerna Sharp, 91, Dies In Indiana; Originated 'Dick and Jane' Texts | newspaper =The New York Times | pages =B6| date = June 19, 1981| url =https://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/19/obituaries/zerna-sharp-91-dies-in-indiana-originated-dick-and-jane-texts.html| access-date =July 8, 2019 }}</ref><ref name=AmericanEducators290>{{cite book | author=Frederik Ohles, Shirley M. Ohles, and John G. Ramsay | title =Biographical Dictionary of Modern American Educators | publisher =Greenwood Press | year =1997 | location =Westport, Connecticut | page=290 | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=PBj5-zHEMvoC&q=%22Zerna+Sharp%22&pg=PA290 | isbn =0313291330}} (via Google Books)</ref><ref name="Wolfsie2009">{{cite book|author=Dick Wolfsie|title=Indiana Curiosities: Quirky characters, roadside oddities & other offbeat stuff|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=he1H22CfdoMC&pg=PA261|date=10 November 2009|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-0-7627-6161-6|pages=261–}}</ref>