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The Forbidden Schoolhouse The True and Dramatic Story of Prudence Crandall and her Students
Suzanne Jurmain

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.

1803-1890, African American women, African Americans, Biography, Connecticut, Crandall, Prudence, Educators, History, Juvenile literature, Women, Women educators