Bryan, Anna E. (1858–1901)
Bryan, Anna E. (1858–1901)
American kindergarten educator. Born July 1858 in Louisville, Kentucky; died Feb 21, 1901, in Chicago, Illinois; dau. of Parish G. Bryan (piano maker) and Eliza H. Belle (Richard) Bryan.
Taught in Chicago at Marie Chapel Charity Kindergarten; became head of new training school and Free Kindergarten in Louisville, Kentucky (1887) and fostered a permissive, experimental setting; became principal of kindergarten normal department at Armour Institute (1894); served as chair of the child study committee of International Kindergarten Union (1897–1901).
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