Hilda Taba, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hilda Taba

Estonian architect

Date of Birth: 07-Dec-1902

Place of Birth: Livonia Governorate

Date of Death: 06-Jul-1967

Profession: architect

Nationality: Estonia

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Hilda Taba (7 December 1902 in Kooraste, Estonia – 6 July 1967 in San Francisco, California) was an architect, a curriculum theorist, a curriculum reformer, and a teacher educator.
Taba was born in the small village of Kooraste, Estonia.
Her mother's name was Liisa Leht, and her father was a schoolmaster whose name was Robert Taba.
Hilda Taba began her education at the Kanepi Parish School.
She then attended the Võru’s Girls’ Grammar School and earned her undergraduate degree in English and Philosophy at Tartu University.
When Taba was given the opportunity to attend Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, she earned her master's degree.
Following the completion of her degree at Bryn Mawr College, she attended Teachers College at Columbia University.
She applied for a job at Tartu University but was turned down because she was female, so she became curriculum director at the Dalton School in New York City.
In 1951, Taba accepted an invitation to become a professor at San Francisco State College, now known as San Francisco State University.