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  1. Maria Mitchell hailed from Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA and was born on the first of August 1818. She was the third child and second daughter of ten children. She was a distant relative of Benjamin Franklin. Her parents, William Mitchell and Lydia Coleman Mitchell were of the Quaker faith and she received a good education.

  2. Apr 2, 2018 · Maria Sibylla Merian portrait in color: Author: Jacobus Houbraken. But perhaps the most important contribution of Maria Sibylla Merian to entomology was the new discoveries. Nine species of butterflies and two of beetles, in addition to six plants, were christened with her name. Her work was so rich, careful and innovative that for a long time ...

  3. María Elena Torre. María Elena Torre, PhD is the founding Director of The Public Science Project and faculty member in Critical Psychology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. For the last 15 years she has been engaged in critical participatory action research projects nationally and internationally with schools, prisons ...

  4. May 3, 2024 · Maria Sibylla Merian (born April 2, 1647, Frankfurt am Main [Germany]—died January 13, 1717, Amsterdam, Netherlands) was a German-born naturalist and nature artist known for her illustrations of insects and plants. Her works on insect development and the transformation of insects through the process of metamorphosis contributed to the advance ...

  5. Feb 6, 2024 · Lesser impacts on other (less studied) areas. The impact of Montessori pedagogy on other areas was not notable. For example, the teaching method benefited only very slightly cognitive skills ...

  6. May 12, 2024 · Maria Gaetana Agnesi (born May 16, 1718, Milan, Habsburg crown land [now in Italy]—died January 9, 1799, Milan) was an Italian mathematician and philosopher, considered to be the first woman in the Western world to have achieved a reputation in mathematics. Agnesi was the eldest child of a wealthy silk merchant who provided her with the best ...

  7. Education is not a mere knowledge or facts but of values. We strongly believe that learning happen through teacher-student interaction. Our college seeks and strives hard to impart proper education with employability skills to empower women and enhance their social status with economic independence and civic responsibility. Stride to success.