1. Pauline Kergomard is known as the founder of the nursery school in France.
14 Facts About Pauline Kergomard
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Pauline Kergomard's father was Jean Reclus, inspector of schools of the Gironde.
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Pauline Kergomard spent her infancy with her aunt Zeline in Orthez.
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Pauline Kergomard became a public school teacher in the Gironde.
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Pauline Kergomard married Jules Duplessis-Kergomard, a penniless man of letters with little interest in working.
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In 1879 Pauline Kergomard was appointed general delegate for inspection of asylums, with the support of Ferdinand Buisson.
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Pauline Kergomard was named to the post by Jules Ferry.
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Pauline Kergomard was inspector-general of kindergartens from 1881 until 1917.
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Pauline Kergomard was extremely active, attending conferences, dealing with regional and national authorities and campaigning against child poverty and for women's causes.
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Pauline Kergomard traveled throughout France, inspecting schools and communicating her educational philosophy based on respect for the child and the search for fulfillment.
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Pauline Kergomard disparaged the regime by comparison to its predecessors, who had introduced inspectresses general.
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From 1886 to 1892 Kergomard was a member of the higher council of public education.
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Pauline Kergomard's work led to reform of asylums and the creation of kindergartens with a completely new and secular system of education.
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Pauline Kergomard attended the 1896 International Feminist Congress in Paris, presided over by Marie Bonnevial, which discussed coeducation.