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Terrific Women Teachers

Terrific Women Teachers    
Format Softcover
Catalogue No. 978-1-897187-86-9
Pages 118
Language English only
Price $10.95
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Written by Helen Wolfe.
Published by Second Story Press, 2011.

Description:

Terrific Women Teachers profiles of ten inspiring women educators from around the world.

Each chapter includes photographs, sidebars and fascinating facts about these groundbreaking women:
  • 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
This book is intended for ages 9 – 13.

Also from the Women's Hall of Fame Series:
Amazing Women Athletes
Fearless Female Journalists
Incredible Women Inventors
Spectacular Women in Space

 
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