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She was born in Italy -
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The first North American Montessori school was opened in October 1911, in Tarrytown, New York. The inventor Alexander Graham Bell and his wife became proponents of the method and a second school was opened in their Canadian home.
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Montessori traveled to the United States in December 1913 on a three-week lecture tour which included films of her European classrooms, meeting with large, enthusiastic crowds wherever she traveled
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Montessori returned to the US in 1915, sponsored by the National Education Association, to demonstrate her work at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, California, and to give a third international training course. A glass-walled classroom was installed at the Exposition, and thousands of observers came to see a class of 21 students.
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She met Mario Montessori, Maria’s son and her successor as head of the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI)
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In 1956, the Rambusch family moved to Greenwich, CT. There, Nancy became involved with a group of prominent parents who wanted to be deeply involved with their children’s education.
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In 1958, they founded Whitby School—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 her as head of school.
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In 1960, and with the vigorous support of parent-advocates, Nancy Rambusch founded the American Montessori Society.
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Rambusch’s book, Learning How to Learn, led to dramatic growth in the number of American Montessori schools and students.
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MACTE is dedicated to improving academic degree and certificate programs for Montessori professional educators
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NCMPS was launched by the American Montessori Society (AMS) in 2012，to grow and sustain Montessori in the public sector with a focus on equity and access.
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AMS and AMI/USA formed MPPI in 2013 to be the unified voice in advocacy and a platform for coordination of public policy efforts.