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Author Jurmain, Suzanne
Title The forbidden schoolhouse : the true and dramatic story of Prudence Crandall and her students / Suzanne Jurmain
Publisher Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2005
LOCATION CALL # STATUS
  2nd floor junior books  JBIOG CRANDALL      CHECK SHELVES
  2nd Floor Young Adults  YABIOG CRANDALL      CHECK SHELVES
Descript 150 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm
Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (p. [138]-144) and index
Summary Describes the circumstances surrounding the 1833 opening of a school for African-American girls in Canterbury, Connecticut, and discusses the attitudes of the townspeople who persecuted the teacher and burned down the school
Note DANBURY 7TH GRADE 2009
Subject Crandall, Prudence, 1803-1890 -- Juvenile literature
Women educators -- Connecticut -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
African American women -- Education -- Connecticut -- History -- Juvenile literature
Crandall, Prudence, 1803-1890
Women educators -- Connecticut
African American women -- Education -- Connecticut -- History
ISBN 0618473025
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