Terrific Women Teachers

Maria Montessori, founder the Montessori method of self-directed learning
Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan, her "miracle worker", USA
Christa McAuliffe, high school teacher who died in the space shuttle Challenger, USA
Dorval Onesime, a Native Metis educator in the early 1900s from Saskatchewan, Canada
Denise Fruchter, a special education teacher with tourettes syndrome from Toronto, Canada
Malalai Joya, campaigning for girls’ education in Afghanistan
Erin Gurswell, founder of Freedom Writers, USA
Raden Ayu Kartini, campaigned for the education of women, Indonesia
Friedl Dicker-Brandeis, taught art in Terezin Ghetto during WWII, Austria
Marva Collins, African American teacher dedicated to improving schools in US cities, USA