Jurmain, Suzanne. <br/><br/>
The forbidden schoolhouse :  the true and dramatic story of Prudence Crandall and her students / 
Suzanne Jurmain. 
 - Boston :  Houghton Mifflin,  2005. 
 - 150 p. :  ill. (some col.) ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [138]-144) and index. 
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<br/><br/> Chronicles the life and struggles of Prudence Crandall who, in the 1830s closed her all-white boarding school for girls in Canterbury, Connecticut, and began admitting African-American students; and describes the intense opposition from the townspeople. 
<br/><br/> 4.8  Follett Library Resources  5-8 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0618473025 (hardcover) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004026554 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Crandall, Prudence, 1803-1890 --Juvenile literature.<br/>Crandall, Prudence, 1803-1890. <br/>Crandall, Prudence, 1803-1890. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women educators--Connecticut--Biography--Juvenile literature.<br/>African American women--Education--History--Connecticut--Juvenile literature.<br/>Educators.<br/>African Americans.<br/>Women--Biography.<br/>Educators--Biography.<br/>African Americans--Education.<br/>Women--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LA2317.C73  / J87 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>370/.92  B