This noble woman : Myrtilla Miner and her fight to establish a school for African American girls in the slaveholding South Cover Image

This noble woman : Myrtilla Miner and her fight to establish a school for African American girls in the slaveholding South / Michael M. Greenburg.

Myrtilla Miner and her fight to establish a school for African American girls in the slaveholding South (portion title)

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780912777092
ISBN: 0912777095
Physical Description: 216 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press Incorporated, [2018]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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".