| A Whole-Souled Woman: Prudence Crandall and the Education of Black Women Contributor(s): Strane, Susan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393337022 ISBN-13: 9780393337020 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $22.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1990 Annotation: In 1833, Prudence Crandall opened the first private boarding school for black girls in New England. The village vigilantes resorted to violence and forced the school to close in 1834, whereupon Crandall "took to the prairie"--a dramatic story of one woman's incredible courage. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Educators - Education | History - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.82 lbs) 292 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
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| Publisher Description: Though the Black Law did not succeed in forcing Crandall to close the school, vigilante violence finally did, in 1834. In the wake of the hostilities, which has tragic consequences for her family, Crandall took to the prairie, where she spent the remainder of her remarkable life as a pioneer educator, feminist, and free-thinking spiritualist. This richly documented biography draws on the Crandall family papers and includes Prudence's correspondence with such abolitionist luminaries as William Lloyd Garrison and Arthur Tappan. Susan Strane brings the abolitionists' struggle to dramatic life in the story of one woman's incredible courage. |