women educators

Looks at the life of American educator and abolitionist, Myrtilla Miner who opened the "School for Colored Girls" in 1851.

An exploration of the life and work of painter Alma Woodsey Thomas, covering her childhood, influence, education, and more.

"[A picture book that relates the story of] Lilly Ann Granderson, an enslaved teacher who strongly believed in the power of education and risked her life to teach others during slavery. Includes afterword and sources"--Provided by publisher.

Chronicles the life and struggles of Prudence Crandall who, in the 1830s closed her all-white boarding school for girls in Canterbury, Connecticut, and began admitting African-American students; and describes the intense opposition from the townspeople.

Heloise and her tutor Peter Abelard are madly in love, but when their clandestine marriage is discovered, they are forcibly separated.

Brief biographies of notable women who have contributed significantly to the fields of education, political activism, and religion, from Halide Edib Adivar to Victoria Claflin Woodhull.

Poems tell the story of nineteenth-century teacher Prudence Crandall and the students she taught at her Canterbury, Connecticut, school for African-American girls before persecution forced its closing.

Examines the role of women in education in Italy, Great Britain, and the United States, through the lives of Maria Montessori, Dora Russell, and Mary McLeod Bethune.