Abstract
Jeannette Veatch is best known for her contributions in the field of reading, for her challenge to basal readers, and her espousal of a literature‐based, learner‐centered approach called Individualized Reading. Now, forty years since the emergence of that revolutionary approach, Dr. Veatch, Professor Emerita of Arizona State University, observes current movements in the profession with interest. Based on personal interviews and on published and unpublished material, this article presents highlights of the scholar's life and work: her early years as an elementary teacher in Michigan, her graduate study at New York University and her unrelenting support of children's reading rights. In retirement, Veatch looks back on accomplishments and controversy and views present trends in the profession with approbation and some reservations.
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