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Also Known As nursery education

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Friedrich Froebel
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Elizabeth Palmer Peabody.
Elizabeth Palmer Peabody
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Maria Montessori
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Sarah Brown Ingersoll Cooper
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Wiggin, Kate Douglas
Kate Douglas Wiggin
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Emma Jacobina Christiana Marwedel
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Maria Kraus-Boelté
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