Myrtilla Miner Biography

Myrtilla Miner biography

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NAME: Myrtilla Miner
OCCUPATION: Educator
BIRTH DATE: March 04, 1815
DEATH DATE: December 17, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH: Brookfield, New York
PLACE OF DEATH: Washington, D.C.

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Myrtilla Miner opened a school for African American girls in 1851 which eventually became the District of Columbia Teachers College.

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Born in 1815, Myrtilla Miner attended the Clover Street Seminary in Rochester, New York. As a teacher, her ambition was to educate African American girls. In 1851 she opened the Colored Girls School in Washington, D.C. with the help of funding from Harriet Beecher Stowe and Johns Hopkins. Miner died in 1864, but her school lived on to become the District of Columbia Teachers College.