Maria Montessori

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  • Birth

    Maria Montessori is born to Renilde and Alessandro Montessori in the province of Ancona, Italy.
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    Maria Montessori

    The Life of Maria Montessori
  • Move to Rome

    Alessandro is transferred to Rome for work, and Maria benefited from better schools.
  • Attends Regia Scuola Tecnica Michelangelo Buonarroti

    Maria enters school at a time when many young girls were expected to stay home with their mothers.
  • University of Rome

    Maria enrolls at the University of Rome and studied physics, math, and natural sciences.
  • Diploma di licenza

    Maria receives her Diploma di Licenza making her eligible to study medicine.
  • Scholarship

    Maria wins Rolli prize and scholarship.
  • Doctorate

    Maria earns her doctorate becoming the first woman to graduate from medical school in Italy.
  • International Women's Congress

    Maria is chosen to represent Italy at the International Women's Congress in Berlin.
  • Study of Education

    Maria begins to study education.
  • Birth of Son

    Mario Montessori is born and sent away to be raised by another family.
  • Teacher Training College for Women

    Becomes appointed lecturer in hygiene and anthropology at the Regio Institute Superiore di Magistero Femminile.
  • Director of School

    Appointed director of school training teachers to work with "deficient" children.
  • Leaves School

    Maria abruptly leaves school.
  • Anthropology Professor

    Maria is appointed anthropology professor at the University of Rome.
  • 1st Casa dei Bambini

    The first children's house officially opens in San Lorenzo, a poor neighborhood in Rome.
  • Milan

    Children's House opens in Milan.
  • 4th Children's House in Rome

    The fifth Children's House, the fourth in Rome opens in a middle-class neighborhood.
  • 1st Book Published

    The Montessori Method is published.
  • 1st Montessori Teacher in U.S.

    Anne George becomes the first Montessori trained teacher in the U.S.
  • Book Published in the U.S.

    The English version of The Montessori Method is published in the U.S.
  • Montessori Comes to America

    Montessori visits the U.S.
  • Son Moves In

    Mario Montessori is brought to live with his mother.
  • U.S. Critique

    A well-known professor of education, William Heard Kilpatrick, wrote a critique of the Montessori Method that some credit for the halt of the method's growth in the U.S.
  • Montessori based in Spain

    Montessori remains based in Spain due to the war.
  • Exposition in San Francisco

    Montessori demonstrates her work at an exposition in San Francisco.
  • Mario gets Married

    Maria attends Mario's wedding in the U.S.
  • Maria meets Hugo de Vries

    Maria meets with Hugo de Vries, who coined the term "sensitive periods."
  • Mario Moves to Barcelona

    After the war, Mario brings his family to join Maria in Barcelona.
  • Return to England

    Maria returns to England after WW I to give a two-month training course.
  • Work Under Mussolini

    Mussolini honors Montessori and she is invited back to work in Fascist Italy
  • AMI Established

    The Association Montessori Internationale is established in Berlin.
  • Flees to Spain

    Montessori flees to Spain when Mussolini begins closing schools.
  • Hitler's Troops March into Vienna

    All remaining Montessori schools are transformed into schools to educate a "Master Race."
  • Move to India

    Maria moves to India with her son Mario to escape WW II and begin training courses.
  • Return to Holland

    Montessori returns to Holland after the end of WW II.
  • Death

    Montessori died in Holland and was buried locally.

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