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Prudence Crandall

Civil rights pioneer

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

 

Prudence Crandall

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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