Figure 1.--Annunciata Cocchetti was an Italian pioneer in the education of girls, especially poor girls. It is important to note that at the time educating girls was still not widely seen as important. Most girls that were educated were still primarily done do at home. This was especialy the case in Catholic countries as public education began primarily in Protestant countries (Germany and America).

Annunciata Cocchetti was an Italian pioneer in the education of girls, especially poor girls. It is important to note that at the time educating girls was still not widely seen as important. Most girls that were educated were still primarily done do at home. This was especialy the case in Catholic countries as public education began primarily in Protestant countries (Germany and America). Cocchetti was born near Brescia, East of Milan (1800). She was orphaned at age of 7. Her grndmoter and uncles took in Anninciata and her siblings. She received her First Communion and her Confirmation from the Bishop of Brescia Gabrio Maria Nava (1810). Even before preparing as a teacher, she used her grandmother's home as a school for poor girls (1817). She studied at Rovato and Cemmo Valcamonica to prepare as a primasry school teacher. At the time most teachers were men. Women teachers were not very common. She began teaching in a school for poor girls in Brescia (1821). Erminia Panzerini opened a new school for poor girls in Brescia (1821). She engaged Cocchetti her began her teaching career here. She eventually turned the school over to her Cocchetti (1831). She met Luca Passi who was establishing his own religious congregation. They remzained close until his death (1866). Cocchetti founded a school in Cemmo, a mountain village in Camonica Valley, 30 mi North of Brescia (1842). There she lived till her death (1882). In the school she taught poor girls from Cemmo and other nearby villages. There she also founded a Catholic order in which the nuns taught poor girls--the Sisters of Saint Dorothy.

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