Educator patty smith hill biography of donald
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Patty Smith Hill and Her Contribution to Education
1. Early Life and Education
Born on March 27, 1868 in Anchorage, Kentucky, Patty Smith Hill was the daughter of George W. Hill and Sallie Brooks. Her interest in education grew through a love of learning and a nurturing environment that her parents provided for her. Hill's father was a well-known doctor in Louisville who became superintendent of Anchorage's first school district. Growing up, she looked to him as a role model and often joined him when he made house calls (Hale). Since Hill's father was so involved in the school system, she was able to witness first hand his efforts to improve the quality of schooling through educational reform. Observation of her parents' dedication to children's health and education became the initial spark that would ignite her passion for child advocacy and innovative educational reform. At the age of twelve, Hill's life took a turn that would further influence her budding interest in education.
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Martha Smith Hill (1868 - 1946)
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Daughter of William efternamn Hill and [mother unknown]
Sister of Mildred Jane Hill, Mary Hill and William efternamn Hill Jr.
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Biography
Patty Hill is Notable.
She was the daughter of William Hill and 2. Martha Jane Smith (a native of Somerset, Kentucky, she was a daughter of Rev. James T. Smith, and adopted daughter of Willis Grimes of Danville, Kentucky).
Patty Smith Hill (March 27, 1868 – May 25, 1946)[1] was a 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. She was an American nursery school, kindergarten teacher, and key founder of the National Association for Nursery Education (NANE) which now exists as
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A Peculiar Composition
Cave Hill Cemetery is where Louisville, Kentucky, buries its legends. Its 296 acres are dotted with monuments and historical markers honoring notable figures. Among them are George Rogers Clark, the Revolutionary War general who settled Louisville in the 1770s; former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, known early in his career as the “Louisville Lip”; and Colonel Harland Sanders, who gave the world Kentucky Fried Chicken. But there are no historical markers in Cave Hill for Mildred Jane Hill and Patty Smith Hill, the sisters responsible for the most popular song in the English language—“Happy Birthday to You.” Mildred and Patty, born in 1859 and 1868, are interred in a small family plot with headstones bearing only their names and the year each was born and died.
Growing up in Louisville, I was taught that “Happy Birthday” was written by two local white kindergarten teachers—that’s it. Bu