AMS Timeline

By katelehman
  • Period: to

    Maria Montessori's Lifetime

  • Medical School, University of Rome, graduated with honors, First Italian Female Physician in 1896

  • Casa dei Bambini opened

    Casa dei Bambini opened

  • First American Montessori School opens in Tarrytown, NY

    First American Montessori School opens in Tarrytown, NY

  • Founded The Association Montessori Internationale, The first International Montessori Congress was held in Elsinore, Denmark

    Founded The Association Montessori Internationale, The first International Montessori Congress was held in Elsinore, Denmark

  • Nancy McCormick Rambusch led the American Montessori Resurgence

    Nancy McCormick Rambusch led the American Montessori Resurgence

    Nancy McCormick Rambusch went to Paris for the International Montessori Congress
  • Whitby School founded

    Whitby School founded

    The first Montessori school to open in the U.S. since the initial flurry of interest in Montessori in the early 20th century. The board selected Nancy McCormick Rambusch as head of school.
  • AMS Founded

    AMS Founded

    Nancy Rambusch founded the American Montessori Society

  • 1,200 AMS Affiliated Montessori Schools in the US

  • AMS turned 60!

    AMS turned 60!

  • 3,000 in the U.S., of which more than 560 are public schools

    3,000 in the U.S., of which more than 560 are public schools