Myrtilla Miner

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Myrtilla Miner was a 19th-century American educator and abolitionist best known for founding a pioneering school in Washington, D.C., to provide advanced education to African American girls.

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instanceOf abolitionist
educator
human
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1815-03-04
dateOfDeath 1864-12-17
educatedAt Cazenovia Seminary NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup European American
familyName Miner NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork African American education
education
women's education
founded Institution for the Education of Colored Youth NERFINISHED
Miner School for Colored Girls NERFINISHED
School for Colored Girls NERFINISHED
givenName Myrtilla NERFINISHED
hasCauseOfDeath illness
hasParticularActivity organizing a normal school for Black women
teaching African American girls
honoredIn Miner Teachers College NERFINISHED
influenced development of teacher training for African Americans in Washington, D.C.
knownFor advocacy for abolition of slavery
founding a school for African American girls in Washington, D.C.
promoting advanced education for African American girls
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned English
legacy her school evolved into Miner Normal School and later part of the University of the District of Columbia
movement abolitionism
women's education movement
notableWork Miner School for Colored Girls NERFINISHED
occupation school founder
teacher
partOf 19th-century American abolitionist movement
19th-century American education reform movement
placeOfBirth Brookfield, New York NERFINISHED
Madison County, New York NERFINISHED
New York NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath District of Columbia NERFINISHED
United States of America
Washington, D.C.
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
residence New York NERFINISHED
Washington, D.C.
sexOrGender female
workLocation New York NERFINISHED
Washington, D.C.

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Edmund P. Gaines spouse Myrtilla Miner