MARIA MONTESSORI WAS born in Chiaravalle, Italy in 1870, the year Italy became a unified nation. Her parents were both devoted to the ideals of liberation and union. She was a confident and strong-willed child, and her upbringing encouraged her optimism, her interest in change and her belief in the possibility of effecting it.
After the unification of Italy, ‘education’ was promoted and Montessori took advantage of the opportunities available. As a woman, she still had to fight for them, but through her intellectual ability, sheer determination and force of character she became the first woman ...
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