Dec 1913: Maria Montessori visits New York

From a Virginia Tech doctoral thesis on Maria Montessori's 1913 visit to the U.S.:

Arriving on December 3, 1913, Montessori's visit was primarily a series of lectures focused around her educational ideas and methods recently published and translated into English in The Montessori Method. During the 1913 visit she spoke before educators, parents, educational enthusiasts and journalists. She spoke at the Masonic Temple in Washington D.C. anda t Carnegie Hall twice;once she was introduced by John Dewey. During this visit she also spoke to educators in Philadelphia where she met Helen Keller. Even though this was Dr. Montessori's first visit to the United States, her work preceded her. Some, like Jane Addams, had seen Montessori's work in Europe and came to hear of recent advancements in her ideas. Writers, like Dorothy Canfield Fisher, and educators, like William Heard Kilpatrick, had added to the public opinion of her through their written reactions to her ideas. Others like Anne George, who was the first and only trained Montessori teacher in the United States, had been working on Montessori's behalf for several years. Montessori attracted interested people from diverse backgrounds and for diverse reasons.