EVANGELICAL WOMEN IN THE SECOND HALF OF 1800; MARY CHURCH TERRELL P/42

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In this post I will focus on a woman named Mary Church Terrell. She lived from 1863 - 1954. Her parents were former slaves. Her father, Robert Reed Church, was a successful businessman. Her mother Louisa Ayres Church, owned a hair salon.

The affluence and belief in the importance of education by Mary's parents enabled her to attend the Antioch College Laboratory School in Ohio, and later Oberlin College, where she earned both Bachelor's and Master's degrees.

Mary spent two years teaching at Wilberforce College before moving to Washington D.C., in 1887 to teach at the M Street Coloured High School. There she met and maried Heberton Terrell, in 1891.

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