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Montessori comes to America : the leadership of Maria Montessori and Nancy McCormick Rambusch

This book traces the evolution of women's leadership and its influence on the Montessori Method's development. New research illuminates the unique roles of two historic early childhood educators and also updates the historical record and reveals the human dimension behind one of the most colorful chapters in American educational development.
Print Book, English, cop. 2010
University Press of America, Lanham (Md.), cop. 2010
Biographies
1 vol; (X-154 p.) ; 23 cm.
9780761849285, 0761849289
800832130
AcknowledgmentsPrologueChapter 1: The Evolution of Women's LeadershipChapter 2: The Radical Life of Maria MontessoriChapter 3: The Peripatetic Life of Nancy McCormick RambuschChapter 4: Montessori and Her Method Come to AmericaChapter 5: Montessori Education Returns as a Social Movement