Kate Douglas Wiggin
Kate Douglas Wiggin (September 28, 1856August 24, 1923) was an American educator, author and composer. She wrote children's stories, most notably the classic children's novel ''Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm,'' and composed collections of children's songs. She started the first free kindergarten in San Francisco in 1878 (the Silver Street Free Kindergarten). With her sister during the 1880s, she also established a training school for kindergarten teachers. Kate Wiggin devoted her adult life to the welfare of children in an era when children were commonly thought of as cheap labor.Wiggin went to California to study kindergarten methods. She began to teach in San Francisco with her sister Nora assisting her, and the two were instrumental in the establishment of over 60 kindergartens for the poor in San Francisco and Oakland. She moved from California to New York, and having no kindergarten work on hand, devoted herself to literature. She sent ''The Story of Patsy'' and ''The Bird's Christmas Carol'' to Houghton, Mifflin & Co. who accepted them at once. Besides the talent for story-telling, she was a musician, sang well, and composed settings for her poems. She was also an excellent elocutionist. Her first literary work was ''Half a Dozen Housekeepers'', a serial story which she sent to ''St. Nicholas''. After the death of her husband in 1889, she returned to California to resume her kindergarten work, serving as the head of a Kindergarten Normal School. Some of her other works included ''Cathedral Courtship'', ''A Summer in a Canon'', ''Timothy's Quest'', ''The Story Hour'', ''Kindergarten Chimes'', ''Polly Oliver's Problem'', and ''Children's Rights''. Provided by Wikipedia
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The kindergarten, by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923
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Penelope's English experiences by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923
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Mother Carey's chickens by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923
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New chronicles of Rebecca, by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923
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The posy ring : a book of verse for children by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923
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New chronicles of Rebecca. by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923
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Penelope's Irish experiences by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923
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The romance of a Christmas card by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923
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The affair at the inn by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923
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Polly Oliver's problem : a story for girls by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923
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Timothy's quest; a story for anybody, young or old, who cares to read it, by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923
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Timothy's quest a story for anybody, young or old, who cares to read it, by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923
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The story of Waitstill Baxter by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923
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Polly Oliver's problem : a story for girls by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923
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Penelope's English experiences by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923
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The Birds' Christmas Carol by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923
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The Birds' Christmas Carol by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923
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