Bertha Hofer Hegner (original) (raw)

Bertha Hofer Hegner (December 14, 1862 - November 1, 1937) was an educator and promoter of the Kindergarten Movement in Chicago, Illinois during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She is remembered as the founder of the first kindergarten in Chicago, Illinois, the founder of the Pestalozzi-Froebel Teachers College, a school centered on training its students for teaching kindergarten in Chicago, and the fourth President of Columbia College of Expression.