Emma Jacobina Christiana Marwedel

Emma Jacobina Christiana Marwedel, also known as Emma Marwedel (February 27, 1818 – November 17, 1893), was a German-American educator, known for her establishment of schools based upon Friedrich Fröbel's ideas.

[1] Elizabeth Peabody visited Marwedel in Germany and was impressed by her.

After being invited by Peabody and Caroline Severance to come to the United States,[1] Marwedel founded the first private kindergarten in Washington, D.C. by 1872.

[2] She developed a kindergarten teacher-training program[2] and established additional schools near Long Island, Los Angeles, and Brentwood.

[1] Marwedel died on November 17, 1893, in San Francisco in a German hospital.