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

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]

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

References

  1. ^ a b c d "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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