Broomell, Anna Pettit

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Dorothy Canfield Fisher was a 20th century American author and a major proponent of the Montessori Method. She spent her adult life in Vermont, where she became friends with Sarah Cleghorn. Sarah Cleghorn was a Quaker poet and activist who did collaborative work with Fisher. In 1943, Cleghorn moved to Philadelphia. Anna Pettit Broomell took care of her as her health declined and edited Cleghorn's poetry in 1956. Broomell was a Quaker author of children's books; the introduction to her most successful volume was written by Dorothy Canfield Fisher in 1935.

From the description of Broomell-Cleghorn-Fisher Papers, 1876-1967 (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 719372042

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creatorOf Broomell, Anna Pettit. Broomell-Cleghorn-Fisher Papers, 1876-1967 Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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associatedWith Baumgardt, David, 1890-1963 person
associatedWith Cleghorn, Sarah Norcliffe, 1876-1959 person
associatedWith Fahnestock, Zephine person
associatedWith Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958 person
associatedWith Yarnall, Elizabeth Biddle, 1897-1975 person
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Pennsylvania
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Poetry
Quakers
Quakers
Quaker women
Women poets, American
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Active 1876

Active 1967

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