A Pioneer Christmas by Barbara Greenwood

In her 1902 book, Christmas-tide, she pulled no punches when she wrote: Her efforts laid the groundwork for the National Parent Teachers Association (PTA), and her books guided and advised parents and teachers on how to raise and educate young children. Neither their time on Earth nor their cultures overlapped,īut American educator and writer Elizabeth Harrison (1849-1927) and Indian professorĪnd poet Eunice de Souza (1940-2017) both wrote of Christmas as a time whenĮlizabeth Harrison, Author of the 1902 book, Christmas-tide ( Wikimedia).Īs a pioneer of early childhood education in the United States, Elizabeth Harrison “worked to teach parents and teachers the value of creative arts in child development and founded a teacher training program that became a model for the profession.” In 1886, she founded in Chicago, Illinois, “a college to train women to teach kindergarten primarily in immigrant communities,” that evolved into what is now called National Louis University.

Place in both historical and literary traditions than they currently enjoy.Įlizabeth Harrison & Eunice de Souza – Views of Christmas Selfishness Them, resonate through the ages, and arguably deserve a far more prominent Theįollowing is just a small sampling of some of the women of diverse backgroundsĪnd nationalities who, throughout the 19 th and 20 thĬentury, wrote the story of Christmas.

With little power have often been drowned out by those with the lion’s share. In modern history, the story of Christmas has been writtenĪcross cultures, social classes, and time, even if the narratives written by those From a former slave to two Nobel laureates, a selection of women writers in modern history and their often-overlooked narratives of Christmas.

A Pioneer Christmas by Barbara Greenwood