Blythe Farb Hinitz is Professor of Early Childhood and Elementary Education at The College of New Jersey.

• AcknowledgementsBlythe Farb HinitzContributorsIntroductionPart I: Glimpses of Past PracticeChapter 2: The Light Within: Glimpses into the Lives and Education of Young Quaker Children (1820-1860)Chapter 3: A History of Homeschooling and Memories of Kindergarten in 1942-1943Chapter 4: The Internment and Education of Japanese-American Nursery School Children During World War II: Antecedents and UnderstandingChapter 5: A Memoir of an Exemplary EducationChapter 6: Early Care and Education in the 1950s: The Thorny Path When Public Issues Confront Passionately-Held BeliefsPart II: Portraits of Early Childhood Education LeadersChapter 7: Selected African-American Pioneers of Early Childhood EducationChapter 8: Patty Smith Hill and the Case Study of Betty KirbyChapter 9: The Impact of Margaret Naumburg and Walden School on Early Childhood Education in the United States Chapter 10: Child Champion, Professionals’ Mentor, Hothead— Substance of a ‘Giant in the Field’Chapter 11: Playing with Numbers: Constance Kamii and Reinventing Arithmetic in Early Childhood Education ConclusionAppendix A: How the Early Childhood Field Has Honored Its History: NAEYC History Seminar and Our Proud Heritage

"The various contributions here offer glimpses of the interesting and uneven history of early childhood education...A constant theme is the ongoing stuggle of early childhood educators to gain respect for young children's abilities to construct knowledge from their own interests and interaction with materials. Re- visioning what education can be and who children are as learners is the challenge. Summing up: Recommended."— S. Sugarman, Emerita, Bennington College, Vermont State Colleges, for CHOICE, December 2013