Prudence Crandall
✓ Source-basedstableCivil rights pioneer, educator, temperance advocate, Connecticut's official State Heroine (1803-1890)
United StatesLived 1803 to 1890 · aged 86Prudence Crandall was an American schoolteacher and activist. She ran the Canterbury Female Boarding School in Canterbury, Connecticut, which became the first known school for African American girls in the United States led by a white woman.
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Prudence Crandall was an American schoolteacher and activist. She ran the Canterbury Female Boarding School in Canterbury, Connecticut, which became the first known school for African American girls in the United States led by a white woman. She was the sister of Reuben Crandall, the defendant in the Trial of Reuben Crandall.
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