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Emma Jacobina Christiana Marwedel

American educator
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Feb. 27, 1818, Münden [near Göttingen], Ger.
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Nov. 17, 1893, San Francisco, Calif., U.S. (aged 75)
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Emma Jacobina Christiana Marwedel (born Feb. 27, 1818, Münden [near Göttingen], Ger.—died Nov. 17, 1893, San Francisco, Calif., U.S.) was a German-born educator who was instrumental in promoting the kindergarten movement in the United States. Marwedel was of a family of some social standing. The deaths of her parents during her childhood left her without means, however, and she early had to earn her own support. Nothing is known of the education that prepared her to be a teacher, but her ambition and energy are attested by her election in 1864 as director of an association for the promotion of ...(100 of 345 words)

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