Maria Motessori was born into a time of history when new ideas, particularily those established by women, were not easily adapted into mainstream thinking.
She was the first female to graduate from medical school in Italy in 1896. Dr, Montessori began her quest to establish her first clinic, she did so in a small village in the Italian countryside.
Her dedication and devotion to children soon became her passion. Her discoveries of natural processes allowing a child to learn, with the assistance and guidance of a trained teacher, are still in practice all over the world today.