Letters of Susan Elizabeth Blow to her friend Mary Collier Hitchcock: (1879 - 1912)

by Ashton Le Bourgeois and John Y. Le Bourgeois

Susan Blow is best remembered as the young woman who started the first successful public kindergarten in the United States. Captivated by the theory of the German philosopher Friedrich Froebel, who conceived an education program for young children, Susan decided to put his ideas into action in St. Louis in 1873. Susan enjoyed the support of two important men in St. Louis -- her father Henry Taylor Blow and the educator William Torrey Harris. Henry...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1518644899
• ISBN13: 9781518644894
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 52 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"