Prudence Crandall
Civil rights pioneer
Born on: September 3, 1803Died on: January 28, 1890
Aged: 86 years 147 days (1036 months)
Gender: Female
Nationality: United states
Birth Sign: Virgo
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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