Abigail Adams Eliot
Abigail Adams Eliot (October 9, 1892 – October 29, 1992) was an American educator and a leading authority on early childhood education. She was a founding member of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, supervised the Federal Emergency Relief Administration's nursery school program in New England in the 1930s, and co-founded the Eliot Community Mental Health Center in Concord, Massachusetts. The Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study at Tufts University is named for Eliot and her colleague, Elizabeth W. Pearson.
Abigail Adams Eliot | |
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| Born | October 9, 1892 Dorchester, Boston, U.S. |
| Died | October 29, 1992 (aged 100) Concord, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Radcliffe College Harvard Graduate School of Education |
| Known for | Early childhood education |
| Partner | Anna E. Holman |
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