Patty Smith Hill was an American composer and teacher who is perhaps best known for co-writing, with her sister Mildred Hill, the tune which later became popular as "Happy Birthday to You".
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Patty Hill was an American nursery school, kindergarten teacher, and key founder of the National Association for Nursery Education which now exists as the National Association For the Education of Young Children.
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Patty Smith Hill was born in 1868 in Anchorage, Kentucky, just outside Louisville.
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Patty Hill's parents were passionate people who instilled in Patty and her siblings the importance of education, the value of play, and the necessity of advocating for others.
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Patty Hill's father, William Wallace Hill, was born in Bath, Kentucky, graduated from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky in 1833, and earned a doctorate of Theology from Princeton University in 1838.
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Patty Hill dedicated his entire life to ministry and education, which took the Hill family from Kentucky to Missouri to Texas.
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Patty Hill's mother, Martha Jane Smith, was William's second wife, and was born in Pennsylvania, but as an adolescent moved with her brother to live with their aunt and uncle on their plantation in Danville.
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Patty Hill was an authority and leader in the progressive education movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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The Patty Hill blocks were large blocks with which children could create giant constructions.
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Patty Hill was a member, President, and lifetime support of the Association for Childhood Education International.
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Hill and her sister Mildred wrote the song while Mildred was a composer of songs and Patty was principal at the Louisville Experimental Kindergarten School.
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Patty Hill died at her home in New York City, and is buried in Cave Patty Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky.
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Patty Hill and Mildred J Hill were posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame on June 12,1996.