Aikaterini Laskaridou (1842–1916) was a Greek feminist and educator who created the kindergarten system in Greece and introduced physical exercise into the girls' schools.

[citation needed] Laskaridou was born Aikaterini Christomanou in Vienna to Meleniki Konstantinos A. Christomanos and Maria Kazassi in 1842.

Within this role she worked to create the Teaching of Kindergarten Teachers and the Gymnastics School for Girls.

[3] In the midst of the Greco-Turkish War (1897) Laskaridou organised training workshops for the poor in Municipal theatres in Athens and Piraeus.

Finally Laskaridou founded the National Kindergarten to train children's teachers and the Higher Girls' School of Athens in 1912.