The Maud Lindsay Study Club will host a historical marker dedication ceremony and reception honoring Maud Lindsay on Thursday, June 22, at 3:30 pm at the Helen Keller Public Library in Tuscumbia.

The Maud Lindsay Study Club purchased the historical marker to honor the club’s namesake. It has been erected in front of the Gov. Robert Burns Lindsay home on Main Street in Tuscumbia.

Maud Lindsay, a native of Tuscumbia, was an internationally esteemed teacher and author who crossed social barriers to establish Alabama’s first free kindergarten in the working-class cotton mill district of east Florence. Although she had no formal higher education, she published 17 books and became an international speaker, lecturing on the art of storytelling and teaching. As an adult, Lindsay moved to Sheffield and for decades traveled across the river each day to serve as teacher and principal of a free kindergarten in Florence. “Miss Maud” was widely known for her children’s books, including the especially popular Mother Stories, and for her delightful storytelling on the Colbert County Courthouse steps.