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This noble woman : Myrtilla Miner and her fight to establish a school for African American girls in the slaveholding South
- Title
- This noble woman : Myrtilla Miner and her fight to establish a school for African American girls in the slaveholding South / Michael M. Greenburg.
- Author
- Greenburg, Michael M.
- Publication
- Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2018]
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- Description
- 216 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- Myrtilla Miner, the daughter of poor white farmers in Madison County, New York, was fueled by an unyielding feminist conviction. On December 3, 1851, the fiery educator and abolitionist opened the School for Colored Girls-- the only school in Washington, DC, dedicated to training African American students to be teachers. Milner fended off numerous attacks, including stonings, arson, and physical threats. The school would gradually gain national fame and stimulate a nationwide debate on the education of black people. -- adapted from back cover of jacket
- Series Statement
- Women of Action
- Uniform Title
- Women of action (Chicago, Ill.)
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- History.
- Nonfiction.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Prologue: To preserve a memory -- A country girl -- Awakening -- Mississippi -- "The antislavery altar of my country" -- "I shall try it!" -- "National only in name" -- "The School for Colored Girls" -- Growing pains -- Exhilaration and exhaustion -- "William the Unlucky" -- "A perpetual and impassable barrier" -- This noble woman -- Epilogue: "You are that monument".
- Call Number
- Sc D 19-361
- ISBN
- 9780912777092
- 0912777095
- LCCN
- 2017040095
- OCLC
- 1004376301
- Author
- Greenburg, Michael M., author.
- Title
- This noble woman : Myrtilla Miner and her fight to establish a school for African American girls in the slaveholding South / Michael M. Greenburg.
- Publisher
- Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Women of ActionWomen of action (Chicago, Ill.)
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1800-1899
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 19-361