Phyllis Povell - Montessori Comes to America: The Leadership of Maria Montessori and Nancy McCormick Rambusch

I am grateful for the many people whose expertise, support, encouragement and kindness in sharing their materials and time helped to bring this book to fruition. Sincere thanks go to: Katherine Vaccaro, Marie Dugan, Maria and Douglas Gravel, Dennis Schapiro, Ursula Springer, Fiorentina Russo-Cipolla, the For Writers Only group in Big Pine Key, Florida, Herstory Writers Workshop, Robert E. Rambusch, the University of Parma, Italy, Gisela Miceli, Louis Pisha, Bette Weneck and David Ment.

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