Preface edmond holmes (1 Ergebnisse)
Sprache: Englisch
Verlag: Constable & Company, London 1914
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In den WarenkorbHardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First UK Edition. Xlviii, 242 Pp. Blue Cloth, Gilt, Original Publisher's Binding With Title, Author, And Publisher On Spine In Gilt With Gilt Rules, And Rules In Blind On The Covers. Third Printing Stated. Light Wear, All Gilt Still Brilliant, Rubbing At Edges, Rear Endpaper Neatly Removed. Inscrip…tion "Sybil / With Love From Gladys / Sept. 1914" On Front Free Endpaper. Per Wikipedia, Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1879 - 1958) Was An Educational Reformer, Social Activist, And Best-Selling American Author In The Early 20Th Century. She Strongly Supported Women's Rights, Racial Equality, And Lifelong Education. Eleanor Roosevelt Named Her One Of The Ten Most Influential Women In The United States. Her Writing Helped Increase Understanding Of The Montessori Method Of Child-Rearing In The U.S.; She Presided Over The Country's First Adult Education Program; And Her Service As A Member Of The Book Of The Month Club Selection Committee From 1925 To 1951 Helped Shape Literary Tastes In The U.S. In 1899 Canfield Received A Bachelor Of Arts Degree From Ohio State University, Where She Was A Member Of Kappa Kappa Gamma.[6] She Went On To Study Romance Languages At The University Of Paris And Columbia University (Where Her Father Was Librarian From 1899)[5] And Earned A Doctoral Degree From Columbia With The Dissertation Corneille And Racine In English (1904). In 1911, Canfield Fisher Visited The "Children's Houses" In Rome Established By Maria Montessori. Much Impressed, She Joined The Cause To Bring The Method Back To The U.S., Translating Montessori's Book Into English And Writing Five Of Her Own: Three Nonfiction And Two Novels.Canfield Fisher Engaged In Social Activism In Many Aspects Of Education And Politics. She Managed The First Adult Education Program In The U.S. She Did War-Relief Work In 1917 In France, Establishing The Bidart Home For Children For Refugees And Organizing An Effort To Print Books In Braille For Blinded Combat Veterans.After The War, She Was The Head Of The U.S. Committee That Led To The Pardoning Of Conscientious Objectors In 1921, And Sponsored Financial And Emigration Assistance To Jewish Educators, Professionals, And Intellectuals.The Brimming Cup, Her Most Commercially Successful Novel, The Number Two Bestseller In 1921 (Following Only Sinclair Lewis' Main Street),[20] Contains A Passage Discussing Unfair Treatment Of Blacks In Georgia; The Book Has Been Called "The First Modern Best-Seller To Present Criticism Of Racial Prejudice." (As A Trustee Of Howard University, Canfield Fisher, Noted As Ph.B., Phd., D.Litt., Delivered The 1946 Commencement Address.). Plates (illustrator).
