Marcus de maria biography the montessori

1870

Maria Montessori born on August 31 in Chiaravalle, Ancona province, Italy.

Attends a boys’ school in Rome, with a science/engineering emphasis.

1890

Against opposition from her father, she pursues her wish to become a doctor.

1896

Becomes one of the first women to obtain a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Rome.

Represents Italy at the International Women’s Congress in Berlin; delivers address on rights of working women, including equal pay for equal work.

Studies the writings of French doctors Itard and Séguin, who worked with children with a disability.

1897-98

Audits courses in pedagogy at the University of Rome; reads all major works in educational philosophy over the past 200 years.

1899

Attends women’s congress in London; received by Queen Victoria.

1899-1906

Lectureship in hygiene and anthropology at the teacher training college for women in Rome.

1900

Works at the psychiatric clinic in Rome.

Appointed director of the Orthoph