Sophia Hawthorne
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Sophia Amelia Hawthorne was an American painter and illustrator and one of the first professional women artists in America. Her work was notably exhibited at the Boston Athenæum. Additionally, she pub
1830 portrait
Villa Menaggio, Lago di Como by Sophia Peabody, 1839–40
Grave of Sophia Hawthorne in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Isola San Giovanni by Sophia Peabody, 1839–40
Elizabeth Peabody
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Elizabeth Palmer Peabody was an American educator who opened the first English-language kindergarten in the United States. Long before most educators, Peabody embraced the premise that children's play
Sophia Hawthorne
…Peabody's father was the dentist Nathaniel Peabody, while her mother was the strong Unitarian Elizabeth Palmer. She had three brothers; her sisters were Elizabeth Palmer Peabody and Mary Tyler Peabody Mann, later Horace Mann's wife. Her sister Elizabeth educated Sophia, focusing on geography, science, literature and both American…
Elizabeth Peabody's grave
Site of Elizabeth and Mary Peabody's Kindergarten, Pinckney Street, Boston, Massachusetts