Prudence Crandall: Woman of Courage
Author:
Elizabeth Yates
Illustrator:
Nora S. Unwin
Foreword:
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Publication:
1955 by Aladdin Books
Genre:
Biography, Non-fiction
Pages:
246
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The name of Elizabeth Yates has become a signpost to absorbing stories of great historical import. In Prudence Crandall, Woman of Courage, she has recreated the life of one of America's noblest heroines. The young Connecticut schoolteacher, who in 1833 opened her "Academy for Young Ladies" to a Negro scholar, submitted to persecution and imprisonment rather than swerve from the course her conscience dictated. How she was driven from the town of Canterbury, Connecticut, in apparent defeat and how defeat was turned into victory is told with real, moving and mounting vision.
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1905 - 2001American
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Prudence Crandall
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Prudence Crandall: Woman of Courage
In the quiet little town of Canterbury, Connecticut, Prudence Crandall is living her dream as a teacher. She has opened her own school for young ladies and is enjoying great success from the start...
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Prudence Crandall
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Crandall's humble courage in the face of such persecution is very inspiring. She wrestled long and hard with her conscience before God....
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