Edwin Mortimer Standing (1887-1967) was a close friend and assistant to pioneering Italian educator Maria Montessori for over thirty years. Born in Madagascar to Quaker missionaries Lucy and Herber
Sarah Pinto is Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology, Tufts University. She is the author of Daughters of Parvati: Women and Madness in Contemporary India, which received the Eileen Baske
Antoinette Burton is Professor of History and Bastian Professor of Global and Transnational Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA.
