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May 12, 2024 · Elizabeth Palmer Peabody (born May 16, 1804, Billerica, Massachusetts, U.S.—died January 3, 1894, Jamaica Plain [now part of Boston], Massachusetts) was an American educator and participant in the Transcendentalist movement, who opened the first English-language kindergarten in the United States.
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Elizabeth Palmer Peabody (May 16, 1804 – January 3, 1894) was an American educator who opened the first English-language kindergarten in the United States. Long before most educators, Peabody embraced the premise that children's play has intrinsic developmental and educational value.
Nov 1, 2020 · Updated on November 01, 2020. Known for: role in Transcendentalism; bookshop owner, publisher; promoter of kindergarten movement; activist for women's and Native American rights; older sister of Sophia Peabody Hawthorne and Mary Peabody Mann. Occupation: writer, educator, publisher. Dates: May 16, 1804, to January 3, 1894. Biography.
- Jone Johnson Lewis
Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, (May 16, 1804-January 3, 1894) was a teacher and educational reformer, founder of the Kindergarten system in the United States, and an advocate of Native American rights to education. She was a prominent figure within the Transcendentalism Movement publishing their literary journal, The Dial, in 1842 and 1843.
Courtesy of Concord Magazine. Greatly esteemed in the 1800s as part of the intellectual elite in Boston—a member of the Transcendentalist inner circle, a prolific writer, and a leading educator—Elizabeth Palmer Peabody is best known today for promoting the kindergarten movement in the United States. Peabody’s bonds with Unitarian minister ...
- Susan Ritchie
Elizabeth Peabody was the first woman to host a Transcendentalist Club meeting. Later that same year, Peabody began publishing books. She published a thousand copies of the antislavery book Emancipation, written by her mentor Dr. William Ellery Channing. Reflecting on her bookstore, Peabody said,
American author, educator and social reformer who played a central role in the Transcendentalist movement and pioneered the idea of kindergarten education in the United States.