If people think all the dreadful things public figures are doing and saying right now will be remembered, don't be so sure. History is what power wants us to remember.

"Despite international success, Montessori had problems gaining acceptance in Italy, as her schools were deemed too expensive. But when she teamed up with Mussolini she immediately found it easier to reach out with her ideas." ”The aim of the Montessori movement was the reconstruction of society."

"In her largely forgotten 1913 book, 'Pedagogical Anthropology,' as a physician and physical anthropologist, Montessori espoused… the underlying conviction that the races of the world were organized hierarchically with the White races at the top and the races of colour at the bottom, and" /

And Maria Montessori wrote "that, even within the broader White race, there were numerous racial types that could likewise be organized hierarchically based on their physiological features and intellectual potential." - Thomas Fallace, The racism of Maria Montessori, Journal of Curriculum Studies