Terrific Women Teachers

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• Onésime Dorval, a Native Métis educator in the early 1900s from Saskatchewan
• Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan Macy, Helen's "miracle worker"
• Maria Montessori, founder of the Montessori method of self-directed learning
• Raden Ayu Kartini, campaigned for the education of women in Indonesia
• Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, who taught art to children while being held prisoner by the Nazis, leaving a legacy of bravery
• Marva Collins, African American teacher dedicated to improving schools in US cities
• Christa McAuliffe, high school teacher who died in the space shuttle Challenger disaster
• Denise Fruchter, a special education teacher with Tourettes Syndrome from Toronto
• Erin Gurswell, founder of Freedom Writers USA
• Malalai Joya, campaigning for girls' education in Afghanistan