Smith, Nora Archibald (1859?–1934)

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Smith, Nora Archibald (1859?–1934)

American educator. Born c. 1859 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; died in 1934; dau. of Robert Noah Smith and Helen Elizabeth (Dyer) Smith; sister of Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856–1923); graduated from Santa Barbara College.

With sister Kate Douglas Wiggin, helped run California Kindergarten Training School and Silver Street Kindergarten, then took over Silver Street (1881) and the training school (1884), following sister's marriage; with Wiggin, also co-authored Kindergarten Principles and Practice (1896) and co-edited a 5-vol. collection of fairy tales and fables; wrote Kate Douglas Wiggin as Her Sister Knew Her (1925).

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