Almond, Dorothea K.
Biographical notes:
Dorothea K. Almond and Phyllis H. Craig were the co-directors of the Childcare Resource Center; both were active in childcare at Stanford University since the late 1960s.
From the description of Cooperative childcare at Stanford, 1986. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122388017
Dorothea Kaufmann Almond, longtime child and family advocate, grew up in Cologne, Germany, and moved to the United States in 1934 to study at Teachers College, Columbia University, where she earned a master's degree in 1941. She moved to Palo Alto in 1963 with her husband, Stanford professor Gabriel Almond. She served as chair of the Committee on Childcare at Stanford from 1969 to 1977, was co-director of the Stanford Childcare Resource and Referral Center from 1978 to 1986, and was a consultant on childcare to the dean of student affairs from 1979 to 1986. Almond was also active in civic affairs as a member of the League of Women Voters and co-chair of a committee affiliated with the league on juvenile justice issues from 1988 to 1991. She died on December 5, 2000.
From the description of Dorothea K. Almond papers, 1936-1998 (inclusive), 1960-1998 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864328
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- Child care services
- Day care centers
- Nursery schools
