Alice H. Putnam (1841 – January 19, 1919[1]) was an educator who opened the first private kindergarten in Chicago in 1874,[2] and was described as "the pioneer of the Kindergarten" in that city.[1]
^ abLa Orme Ladd, Sadie F. Smith, and Thord Lund, "In Memory of Alice H. Putnam", The Kindergarten-primary Magazine (March 1919), Vol. 31, No. 7.