Susan Blow opened the first publicly-funded kindergarten in the United States, in the Carondalet neighborhood of St. Louis. While in Germany with her father, Susan saw first hand how Friedrich Froebel's theories (the founder of kindergarten or “children’s garden”) were being applied to early child education. She saw the importance and need back in America.… Continue reading America’s First Kindergarten
Day: July 20, 2009
Janeaceisms
A Kansas City native, Jane Ace was a popular radio actress from the 1930s-50s. Her given name was Jane Epstein and she married Goodman Ace, a journalist & her former schoolmate. Jane & Goodman Ace developed and starred in a domestic comedy radio show called Easy Aces. Jane had no formal acting training, and was… Continue reading Janeaceisms
An Appropriate Beginning
Women's Rights Activist Susan B. Anthony came to Springfield in April 1875 and gave a lecture on Social Purity in the theater of the Rogers & Baldwin Hardware Co. at 225-227 South Ave. Anthony argued that women were victims of men's intemperance, forced into poverty and prostitution because of their constant dependence on men. The… Continue reading An Appropriate Beginning
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