Fanny Jackson Coppin

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Fanny Jackson Coppin was a pioneering African American educator and one of the first Black women in the United States to become a school principal and a leader in higher education.

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instanceOf African American educator
educator
missionary
person
school principal
birthName Fanny Marion Jackson NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1837-01-08
dateOfDeath 1913-01-21
educatedAt Oberlin College NERFINISHED
employer Institute for Colored Youth NERFINISHED
endTimeAsPrincipal 1902
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
familyName Jackson Coppin NERFINISHED
fieldOfStudy teacher training
fullName Fanny Jackson Coppin NERFINISHED
gender female
givenName Fanny NERFINISHED
graduationYear 1865
honouredBy Coppin State University being named in her honor
influenced development of Black higher education in the United States
knownFor advocacy for industrial and classical education for African Americans
promoting teacher training for Black women
language English
legacy pioneer for Black women in educational leadership
missionaryWorkLocation Cape Town, South Africa NERFINISHED
movement African American education movement NERFINISHED
women's education movement
notableAchievement one of the first African American women to graduate from Oberlin College
notableFor being one of the first Black women in the United States to become a school principal
being one of the first Black women school principals in the United States
leadership in higher education for African Americans
occupation college administrator
educator
missionary
school principal
placeOfBirth Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
placeOfDeath Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED
positionHeld principal of the Institute for Colored Youth
teacher at the Institute for Colored Youth
publicationYear 1913
religion Methodism
spouse Levi Jenkins Coppin NERFINISHED
spouseOccupation bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church
startTimeAsPrincipal 1869
workLocation Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED
wrote Reminiscences of School Life, and Hints on Teaching NERFINISHED

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Coppin State University namedAfter Fanny Jackson Coppin