The Vineyard Haven Library is hosting an authors talk with Susan
Strane on 2/28/12 at 7:00 PM
Her book: A
Whole-Souled Woman: Prudence Crandall and the Education of Black Women
“Prudence Crandall opened the first boarding school in
America for African-American girls in Canterbury, Ct. in 1833. She advertised her school as a seminary for
"young ladies and little misses of color." The town, however, was not
pleased and their presence led to boycotts, intimidation, and the poisoning of
their well. The school had become a cause
celebre among abolitionists. Its defense was one of the first campaigns of
the great William Lloyd Garrison. “ –Vineyard Haven Library
