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Maria Louise Sanford

American educator
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December 19, 1836, Saybrook [now Old Saybrook], Connecticut, U.S.
Died:
April 21, 1920, Washington, D.C. (aged 83)
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Maria Louise Sanford (born December 19, 1836, Saybrook [now Old Saybrook], Connecticut, U.S.—died April 21, 1920, Washington, D.C.) was an American educator remembered for the innovation and inspiration she brought to her teaching. Sanford graduated from the New Britain Normal School in 1855 and then taught school in various Connecticut towns for 12 years. In 1867 she moved to Pennsylvania, where in 1869 she was appointed principal of the academy in Unionville. An innovator, she was soon conducting regular meetings of teachers to demonstrate new methods. Later in 1869 she taught English and history at the five-year-old Swarthmore (Pennsylvania) College, ...(100 of 271 words)

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