The forbidden schoolhouse : the true and dramatic story of Prudence Crandall and her students / Suzanne Jurmain.
By: Jurmain, Suzanne.
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BookPublisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2005Description: 150 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0618473025 (hardcover).Subject(s): Crandall, Prudence, 1803-1890 -- Juvenile literature | Women educators -- Connecticut -- Biography -- Juvenile literature | African American women -- Education -- Connecticut -- History -- Juvenile literature | Crandall, Prudence, 1803-1890 | Educators | African Americans | Women -- Biography | Crandall, Prudence, 1803-1890 | Educators -- Biography | African Americans -- Education | Women -- BiographyDDC classification: 370/.92 | B Summary: 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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [138]-144) and index.
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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.
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