Jenny B. Merrill Explained
| Jenny B. Merrill |
| Birth Name: | Jane Beggs Merrill |
| Birth Date: | September 4, 1854 |
| Birth Place: | New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Death Date: | February 19, 1934 |
| Death Place: | New York City |
| Alma Mater: | New York University |
| Subject: | early childhood education |
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.
Biography
Jane Beggs Merrill was born in New York City, September 4, 1854.[1] Her parents were Benjamin B. and Jane Anne McBride Merrill.[2]
In 1871, she graduated from Normal College (now Hunter College), and in 1892, she received a Doctorate in Pedagogy from New York University.[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.[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)
Notes and References
- Web site: Jane B Merrill 4 September 1854 – 19 February 1934 • LJKQ-HM3 . ident.familysearch.org . 3 August 2022.
- Dr. Jenny B. Merrill . The Alumnae News . April 1934 . XXXIX . 4 . 1–2 . 3 August 2022 . New Rochelle, NY.
- Book: New York University Washington Square Library . List of Doctors' and Masters' Theses in Education, New York University, 1890 – June 1936 . 1937 . Rho Chapter, Phi Delta Kappa, School of Education, New York University . 54 . 3 August 2022 . en.
- Book: Beecher . Walter Julius . Faxon . Grace B. . 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 ... . 1921 . F.A. Owen Publishing Company . 3 August 2022 . en.
- News: DR. JENNY B. MERRILL, EDUCATOR, IS DEAD; Pioneer Kindergartner Had Served New Yorh City Schools for Forty Years. . 3 August 2022 . . 20 February 1934 . 24 . en.
