Jenny B. Merrill

Jenny B. Merrill (September 4, 1854 – February 19, 1934) was an American early childhood educator and author. The first articles published in the U.S. regarding Montessori education were written by Merrill.[1]

Jenny B. Merrill
BornJane Beggs Merrill
September 4, 1854
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedFebruary 19, 1934
New York City
Occupation
  • educator
  • author
Alma materNew York University
Subjectearly childhood education

Biography

Jane Beggs Merrill was born in New York City, September 4, 1854.[2] Her parents were Benjamin B. and Jane Anne McBride Merrill.[1]

In 1871, she graduated from Normal College (now Hunter College), and in 1892, she received a Doctorate in Pedagogy from New York University.[1][3]

Merrill served as the Supervisor of Public Kindergartens of New York City; President of the Kindergarten Department of the National Education Association; and Honorary President of the Public School Kindergarten Association of New York City.[4]

Jenny B. Merrill died of pneumonia in New York City, February 19, 1934.[1][5]

Selected works
  • Songs for Little Folks : a Collection Adapted for the Home Circle and the Primary Classes in Sunday and Day Schools (1875; with Mrs. Wilbur F. Crafts)
  • Pictures and stories for our darlings (1879)
  • Little folks Bible gallery (1880)
  • Bible pictures and stories for little folks (1881)
  • Shield and Buckler (1886)
  • The children's Bible hour (1888)
  • Bible Talks about Bible Pictures (1889)
  • A psychological study ... : from a letter written in reply to a friend's questions regarding the development of a child's early idea of number (1891)
  • Outline course for vacation kindergartens. (1899)

References
  1. "Dr. Jenny B. Merrill" (PDF). The Alumnae News. New Rochelle, NY. XXXIX (4): 1–2. April 1934. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  2. "Jane B Merrill 4 September 1854 – 19 February 1934 • LJKQ-HM3". ident.familysearch.org. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  3. New York University Washington Square Library (1937). List of Doctors' and Masters' Theses in Education, New York University, 1890 – June 1936. Rho Chapter, Phi Delta Kappa, School of Education, New York University. p. 54. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  4. Beecher, Walter Julius; Faxon, Grace B. (1921). The Junior Instructor for the Parent and Child ...: Providing for Home Instruction in Harmony with School Methods, and Having the Purpose of Bringing the Home and School Into Closer Relations with Each Other: Containing Suggestions and Methods Prepared Especially for it by Noted Writers and Specialists in Their Various Departments ... F.A. Owen Publishing Company. Retrieved 3 August 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. "DR. JENNY B. MERRILL, EDUCATOR, IS DEAD; Pioneer Kindergartner Had Served New Yorh City Schools for Forty Years". The New York Times. 20 February 1934. p. 24. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
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