Terrific Women Teachers

By Helen Wolfe

Maria Montessori, founder the Montessori method of self-directed learning Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan, her "miracle worker", USA Christa McAuliffe, high school teacher who died in the space shuttle Challenger, USA Dorval Onesime, a Native Metis educator in the early 1900s from Saskatchewan, Canada Denise Fruchter, a special education teacher with tourettes syndrome from Toronto, Canada Malalai Joya, campaigning for girls' education in Afghanistan Erin Gurswell, founder of Freedom Writers, USA Raden Ayu Kartini, campaigned for the education of women, Indonesia Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, taught art in Terezin Ghetto during WWII, Austria Marva Collins, African American teacher dedicated to improving schools in US cities, USA

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1897187866
• ISBN13: 9781897187869
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Second Story Press
• Length: 118 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 9 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 8