Forging Ahead: Recollections of the Life and Times of Esther Dartigue - Couverture souple

Dartigue, Esther; Dartigue, John

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ISBN 10 : 1477595902 ISBN 13 : 9781477595909

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

Esther and her family left behind a comfortable life in Hungary to escape what her father sensed was coming – World War I. But instead of rejoicing in their new U.S. home, they were plunged into poverty and deprivation. So at age 11 Esther made another escape, seeing education as her ticket out. She left home and supported herself as a domestic while she went through high school, college, and graduate school, earning her master’s at Columbia University's Teachers College, where she met her future husband, Haitian-born Maurice Dartigue. After a whirlwind romance, they married and went to Haiti, which was the start of a 15-year adventure. They fled Haiti in the midst of a revolution and received political asylum in the U.S. Money was very tight until Maurice found a job at the new UN, while Esther taught at the college level and directed several nursery schools. But the specter of bigotry, because of his color and their mixed marriage, always shadowed them. When Maurice transferred to UNESCO in Paris, a brand-new adventure opened up, lasting almost 50 years. Esther became director of the UN Nursery School and a spokesperson for and specialist in bilingual education in an international nursery school setting. After Maurice's death, she researched and wrote two books about his career, one in English and one in French. Through the years, she rubbed elbows with peasants and presidents, poets and politicians; traveled extensively; and took advantage of all that she encountered. It really was an extraordinary life!

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À propos de l?auteur

Esther Dartigue was born in Vizakna, in the Transylvanian Alps of Hungary, and came to the U.S. at age five, just before the outbreak of WWI. She earned her B.A. in literature and education at Wooster College in Ohio and her M.A. in rural education at Columbia University’s Teachers College, where she met her future husband, Haitian-born Maurice Dartigue. She spent the next 15 years in Haiti, where she was founder/ director of an American-style nursery school and kindergarten, served subsequently as director of a highly successful leisure club for charity, and worked on behalf of several other charities. This was followed by 10 years in the U.S., mostly as a college teacher and a nursery-school director, and then by nearly 50 years – the rest of her life -- in Paris, where for the first decade she was the Director of the United Nations Nursery School and became a spokesperson for and specialist in early childhood education. She is the author of seven magazine articles on bilingualism in an international nursery-school setting, as well as of two books on her husband’s career: “An Outstanding Haitian, Maurice Dartigue” (1994) and “Un Haïtien Exceptionnel Maurice Dartigue” (1992). John Dartigue was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and came to the U.S. at age five. He earned his B.A. in English and American literature at Brandeis and his M.A. in politics at Columbia. Except for a short stint at the UN, he spent his entire professional career (36 years) in the motion picture industry in the field of publicity, first at United Artists in New York and then at Warner Bros. in Burbank.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1477595902
• ISBN 13: 9781477595909
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 482
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