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*She was also a publisher, one of the first female publishers, printing anti-slavery tracts, children's books by Nathaniel Hawthorne (husband to her sister Sophia) and published, the Dial, a journal of the Transcendentalists who gathered at her Boston bookstore. | *She was also a publisher, one of the first female publishers, printing anti-slavery tracts, children's books by Nathaniel Hawthorne (husband to her sister Sophia) and published, the Dial, a journal of the Transcendentalists who gathered at her Boston bookstore. | ||
*She thought it was important to improve the lives of women and minorities, and founded a school for orphaned children of former slaves. | *She thought it was important to improve the lives of women and minorities, and founded a school for orphaned children of former slaves. | ||
After her death, friends opened the Elizabeth Peabody House, a combination social service agency and kindergarten in Boston, to carry on her work. | *After her death, friends opened the Elizabeth Peabody House, a combination social service agency and kindergarten in Boston, to carry on her work. | ||
[[Category:Browse Index|Peabody, Elizabeth]] | [[Category:Browse Index|Peabody, Elizabeth]] | ||
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*[http://innopac.noblenet.org/search/X?search=Salem+Women%27s+heritage&searchscope=24&m=&SORT=D Salem Women's Heritage Trail] by Bonnie Hurd Smith, p. 20. | *[http://innopac.noblenet.org/search/X?search=Salem+Women%27s+heritage&searchscope=24&m=&SORT=D Salem Women's Heritage Trail] by Bonnie Hurd Smith, p. 20. | ||
*[http://innopac.noblenet.org/search?/Xpeabody+sisters&SORT=D&searchscope=24/Xpeabody+sisters&SORT=D&searchscope=24&SUBKEY=peabody%20sisters/1%2C4%2C4%2CB/frameset&FF=Xpeabody+sisters&SORT=D&searchscope=24&2%2C2%2C The Peabody Sisters of Salem] by Louise Hall Tharp | |||
Revision as of 10:02, 2 January 2009
- One of the famed "Peabody Sisters" of Salem, Elizabeth Palmer Peabody (1804-1894) was one of the most important women of her time.
- She opened and ran two schools in Boston. She later opened and ran the nation's first kindergarten and was largely responsible for the spread of the kindergarten movement in America.
- She was also a publisher, one of the first female publishers, printing anti-slavery tracts, children's books by Nathaniel Hawthorne (husband to her sister Sophia) and published, the Dial, a journal of the Transcendentalists who gathered at her Boston bookstore.
- She thought it was important to improve the lives of women and minorities, and founded a school for orphaned children of former slaves.
- After her death, friends opened the Elizabeth Peabody House, a combination social service agency and kindergarten in Boston, to carry on her work.
See Also
- Salem Women's Heritage Trail by Bonnie Hurd Smith, p. 20.
- The Peabody Sisters of Salem by Louise Hall Tharp
