Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Novelist, Author
1879 – 1958
Who was Dorothy Canfield Fisher?
Dorothy Canfield Fisher was an educational reformer, social activist, and best-selling American author in the early decades of the twentieth century. She strongly supported women's rights, racial equality, and lifelong education. She was named by Eleanor Roosevelt as one of the ten most influential women in the United States. In addition to bringing the Montessori method of child-rearing to the United States, she presided over the country's first adult education program, and shaped literary tastes by serving as a member of the Book of the Month Club selection committee from 1925 to 1951.
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- Born
- Feb 17, 1879
Lawrence - Parents
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Ohio State University
- Columbia University
- Bachelor of Arts
- Lived in
- Vermont
- Died
- Nov 9, 1958
Arlington
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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