Myrtilla Miner (March 4, 1815, near Brookfield, New York – December 17, 1864, Washington, D.C.) was an American educator and abolitionist whose school for African-American girls, established against considerable racist opposition, grew into the University of the District of Columbia,the only public university in Washington, D.C.
MyrtillaMiner (March 4, 1815, near Brookfield, New York – December 17, 1864, Washington, D.C.) was an American educator and abolitionist whose school...
train teachers. As Miner Normal School, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The school was founded by MyrtillaMiner in 1851, with the...
Hopkins worked closely with two of America's most famous abolitionists, MyrtillaMiner and Henry Ward Beecher. During the Civil War, Johns Hopkins, being a...
College, Federal City College, and Washington Technical Institute. MyrtillaMiner with six pupils founded the Normal School for Colored Girls against...
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school students in 1877. That same year, the school was renamed the MyrtillaMiner Normal School and became the District's first teacher's college for...
protection, the Edmonson family moved to a cabin on the grounds. Emily and MyrtillaMiner, the founder of the school, learned to shoot. Emily taught for black...
Archived from the original on June 15, 2021. Retrieved June 15, 2021. ""MyrtillaMiner: Celebrating a Legacy of Excellence in Education"". University of the...
Matthews Merrick (1818–1889), judge and U.S. Representative from Maryland MyrtillaMiner (1815–1864), educator and abolitionist in Washington, D.C. Charles Eli...
Josephine F. (1984). Three Who Dared: Prudence Crandall, Margaret Douglass, MyrtillaMiner: Champions of Antebellum Black Education. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood...
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