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Birth of Maria Montessori
Born on August 31 in Chiaravalle, Ancona province, Italy.
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Becoming a doctor
- 1st woman to obtain a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Rome.
- Represents Italy at the International Women's Congress in Berlin; delivers address on rights of working women and equal pay for equal work.
- Studies the writings of Fren doctors Itard and Seguin, who worked with children with disabilities.
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Empowering Women
- Attended women's congress in London; received by Queen Victoria.
- Lectureship in hygiene and anthropology at the teacher training college for women in Rome.
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Worked at the psychiatric clinic in Rome
- Director of the Orthophrenic School, a model school for training teachers of children with developmental disabilities.
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Second Degree in education, experimental psychology, and anthropology
- Obtained second degrees at the University of Rome.
- Lectured in anthropology and biology at the University of Rome's school of education.
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Pedagogical Anthropology
- Clinical observations of pupils in Rome's elementary schools.
- Lectures became the basis of her book " Pedagogical Anthropology".
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First Children's House (Casa Dei Bambini)
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The Montessori Method
- 1st training course.
- 2 parallel teacher training courses were held in Rome, with a model Children's House.
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Devote Entirely on Education
- Models schools set up in Paris, New York, and Boston.
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1st International training Course & Montessori Education Association
- Ran the 1st International Training Course in Rome.
- Montessori Education Association founded in the U.S.
- 2nd International training course in Rome (1914).
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Model Montessori School & Children's chapel in Barcelona.
- held 4th International Training Course in Barcelona.
- 4th book: " The Advanced Montessori Method".
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Standard Format of Montessori Training
- 50 hours of lectures, 50 hours of teaching using the materials, 50 hours of observation of Montessori classes.
- Training courses in London and Milan (1921).
- Training courses in London and the Netherlands (1923).
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"Education and Peace"
- Visited Argentina.
- Spoke on "Education and Peace" at the League of Nations in Geneva.
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The Association Montessori Internationale (AMI)
- A Montessori teacher training centre with a model Montessori school is built in Rome.
- AMI headquarter in Berlin till 1935.
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Closed of Montessori School in Germany
- The Nazis systematically destroy the Montessori movement in Germany.
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International Montessori Congress
- AMI moved from Berlin to the Netherlands.
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Departed for India
- 3 months training with Theosophical Society.
- World War 2 in 1940, prohibited Montesooris to leave the country till the end of the war in 1946.
- Returned to India for a training course in 1947.
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Nobel Peace Prize
- 1st nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, again in 1950 and 1951.
- 80th birthday in 1950
- Last training course ran by Maria Montessori in Innsbruck, Austria.
- Maria Montessori died on May 6, 1952, in Noordwijk aan Zee, Netherlands.