Mary Olstine Graham
Mary Olstine Graham | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 13, 1842 St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Died | March 10, 1902 (aged 59) La Plata, Partido de La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Burial place | Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Education | Winona Normal School |
| Occupation | educator |
| Employer | San Juan Normal School |
Mary Olstine Graham (August 13, 1842 – March 10, 1902) was an American educator who led the largest normal school in Argentina.
Early life
Graham was born in 1842 in St. Louis, Missouri.[1] Her parents were William Hanna Graham and Catherine Graham (née Shaw). She attended Winona Normal School.[1]
Career
During her early teaching career, she taught in St. Louis.[1]
In 1879, Graham was personally invited to Argentina by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento[2] who, following his term as President of Argentina, had been appointed the General Director of Schools for the Province of Buenos Aires and the Senator for San Juan.[3] She arrived in Argentina from Boston, Massachusetts.[4]
In Argentina, she was tasked with directing the normal school in San Juan,[2] which had been established by President Miguel Juárez Celman.[5] After working for eight years at the San Juan Normal School, Graham transferred to La Plata, where she built a school complex.[2]
Death and legacy
Graham died in 1902 in La Plata, Partido de La Plata, Buenos Aires.[6] Her body was repatriated to the United States, and buried in the Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri.[7]
Former students established the Mary O. Graham Center in 1906.[8]
Her students include Raquel Camaña.[9][10]
References
- ^ a b c Shavit, David (1992). The United States in Latin America: a historical dictionary. Greenwood Press. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-313-27595-1.
- ^ a b c Criscenti, Joseph; Criscenti, Joseph T. (1993). Sarmiento and His Argentina. Lynne Rienner Publishers. pp. 84–85. ISBN 978-1-55587-351-6.
- ^ Galvani, Victoria (1990). Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (in Spanish). Madrid: Instituto de Cooperacion Iberoamericana. p. 25. ISBN 978-84-7232-577-7.
- ^ Iparraguirre, Soledad (September 15, 2022). Delía: Bastión de la resistencia. Marea Editorial. ISBN 978-987-8303-93-2.
- ^ "Novedades Institucionales – Unidad Académica Escuela Normal Superior N° 1 Mary O. Graham" (in Spanish). Retrieved March 11, 2025.
- ^ "Mary O'Graham: su idea rectora, "la formación de formadores"". Diario El Dia de La Plata (in Spanish). Retrieved March 11, 2025.
- ^ "FUNERAL OF MISS GRAHAM. Body Brought From South America, Where She Died in March". The St. Louis Republic. September 12, 1902. p. 5.
- ^ "Teachers of Sarmiento: Miss Mary Olstine Graham". Agenda Escolar (in Spanish). February 25, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
- ^ Southwell, Myriam (2013). "Ciencia y moral: Raquel Camaña y los desafíos abiertos para la nueva educación". Educaçao no Brasil e na Argentina: Escritos de história intelectual. Ponta Grossa: UEPG (in Spanish): 39–57.
- ^ Exilart, Gabriela Baruffaldi (June 1, 2022). El susurro de las mujeres (in Spanish). PLAZA & JANES. ISBN 978-950-644-623-9.