{"id":1558,"date":"2016-05-04T14:16:01","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T21:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=1558"},"modified":"2018-09-13T08:11:35","modified_gmt":"2018-09-13T15:11:35","slug":"lindsay-maude-mcknight-1874-1941","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=1558","title":{"rendered":"LINDSAY, MAUDE McKNIGHT, 1874-1941"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Biography:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pioneer in early childhood education, teacher, writer. Born&#8211; May 13, 1874, Tuscumbia. Parents&#8211; Alabama\u00a0Governor Robert Burns and Sarah Miller (Winston) Lindsay. Education&#8211; Deshler Female Institute, Tuscumbia; kindergarten training under Mrs. Jeanne Pettett Cooper, who conducted a private kindergarten in her home. Taught at a private kindergarten in Tuscumbia for 2 years; founded the Florence Free Kindergarten\u00a0in\u00a01898 and served as teacher and principal until her retirement in 1941, except for 2 1\/2 years, one of which she was a resident of Elizabeth Peabody Settlement House in Boston.\u00a0 Served on the faculty, New York University, Kindergarten Department, summers, 1906-1910. Lectured all over the country. President, Sheffield, Ala. Free Kindergarten Association. Member&#8211; Conclave of Alabama Writers; Blue Pencil Club; Birmingham League of American Penwomen. Died May 30, 1941.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Marquis Who&#8217;s Who online<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publication(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Amazing Adventures of Ali. Boston; Lothrop, 1931.<\/p>\n<p>Bobby and the Big Road. Boston; Lothrop, 1920.<\/p>\n<p>The Choosing Book. Boston; Lothrop, 1928.<\/p>\n<p>Fun on Children&#8217;s Street. Boston; Lothrop, 1941.<\/p>\n<p>Jock Barefoot. Boston; Lothrop, 1939.<\/p>\n<p>Little Missy. Boston; Lee &amp; Shepherd, 1922.<\/p>\n<p>More Mother Stories. Springfield, Mass.; Milton Bradley, 1905.<\/p>\n<p>Mother Stories. Springfield, Mass.; Milton Bradley, 1912.<\/p>\n<p>Posey and the Peddler. Boston; Lothrop, 1936.<\/p>\n<p>Silverfoot. Boston; Lothrop, 1924.<\/p>\n<p>Songs for Alabama. Sheffield, Ala.; Blue Pencil Club of the Muscle Shoals District, 1900.<\/p>\n<p>The Story Garden for Little Children. Boston; Lothrop, 1913.<\/p>\n<p>The Storyland Tree. Boston; Lothrop, 1933.<\/p>\n<p>The Story-Teller. Boston; Lothrop, 1915.<\/p>\n<p>The Toy Shop. Boston; Lothrop, 1926.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joint_Publication(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Joyous Guests. Boston; Lothrop, 1921.<\/p>\n<p>The Joyous Travelers. Boston; Lothrop, 1919.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contributor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The First Christmas Morning&#8221; in Christmas Plays. Boston; Pilgrim, 1927.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biography: Pioneer in early childhood education, teacher, writer. Born&#8211; May 13, 1874, Tuscumbia. Parents&#8211; Alabama\u00a0Governor Robert Burns and Sarah Miller (Winston) Lindsay. Education&#8211; Deshler Female Institute, Tuscumbia; kindergarten training under Mrs. Jeanne Pettett Cooper, who conducted a private kindergarten in her home. Taught at a private kindergarten in Tuscumbia for 2 years; founded the Florence [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-authors","category-j-l"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1558"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8705,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1558\/revisions\/8705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}