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FormatJournal Article
Title, AnalyticThe Garden Where Children Grow: The Kindergarten
Journal TitleDer Blumenbaum
Date of PublicationJan./Feb./Mar. 2009
Volume ID26
Issue ID3
Location in Work134-135, ill.
Language or Document TypeEnglish
ISSN1063-8849
AbstractBrief discussion of competing claims for the first person to establish a kindergarten in America. Margarethe Meyer Schurz opened a kindergarten class in her home in Watertown, Wisconsin, in 1856. Caroline Louisa Frankenberg is reported to have opened a kindergarten in Columbus, Ohio, in 1838. Although her first attempt failed after a few years, Frankenberg tried again in 1858 and achieved greater success.
NotesSacramento German Genealogy Society
Call NumberMKI Periodicals
MKI TermsKindergarten/ Schurz, Margaretha Meyer, 1833-1876/ Frankenberg, Caroline Louisa/ Education/ German influence