Myrtilla Miner's School for African American Girls
Kimberly Bender talked about the impact and legacy of abolitionist Myrtilla Miner’s school for formerly enslaved African American girls. Ms.… read more
Kimberly Bender talked about the impact and legacy of abolitionist Myrtilla Miner’s school for formerly enslaved African American girls. Ms. Miner, a white woman from New York, moved to the District of Columbia to open the school in the early 1850s. It burned down in 1860, the result of an arson attack. close
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