Sidonie Gruenberg
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_Sidonie_Matsner_Gruenberg_(1881-1974)_and_Bird_Stein_Gans_(1868-1944)_(5493799025).jpg) Sidonie Matsner Gruenberg (1881-1974, left) and Bird Stein Gans (1868-1944). (Acc. 90-105 - Science Service, Records, 1920s-1970s, Smithsonian Institution Archives) | |
| Born | 1881 |
| Died | 1874 |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Citizenship | American |
| Literary movement | Child Study Association of America |
| Notable works | Your Child Today and Tomorrow |
| Spouse | Benjamin Gruenberg |
Sidonie Matsner Gruenberg (1881 – 1974) was a parenting expert, writer, and director of the Child Study Association of America.[1][2]
In her 1912 book Your Child Today and Tomorrow, Gruenberg popularized the idea of giving an allowance to children so they could understand how to spend it.[3]
Life
Sidonie Gruenberg was born in Austria and educated in Germany and New York City.[1] She married Benjamin Gruenberg, a biology teacher, in 1903, and had four children between 1907-1915: Herbert, Richard, Hilda, and Ernest.[4]
In her parenting books, she said that children do not have any moral actions, so parents should permit actions to help them grow in their individual expression.[3] Gruenberg rejected what she saw as "arbitrary puritanism" in American parenting, saying that strict parents suggest "every desire and impulse of being Satanic."[3] On behalf of Macy's, she lectured at an exposition on "why children should have toys" in 1928.[5]
References
- 1 2 "Sidonie Matsner Gruenberg". American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
- ↑ Sicherman, Barbara (1980). Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. Harvard University Press. pp. 295–296.
- 1 2 3 Leach, William (1993). Land of Desire. New York: Pantheon Books. p. 330.
- ↑ Roberta Wollons. "Sidonie Matsner Gruenberg". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
- ↑ Leach, William (1993). Land of Desire. New York: Pantheon Books. p. 329.
External Links
- Works by or about Sidonie Gruenberg at Internet Archive
- Sidonie Gruenberg in Notable American Women
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