Mary Jane Patterson
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Mary Jane Patterson
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Mary Jane Patterson was an American educator born to a previously enslaved mother. She is notable because she is claimed to be the first African-American woman to receive a B.A degree. In 1862, she completed the four-year 'gentlemen's course' at Oberlin College. She first taught at the Philadelphia's Institute for Colored Youth. She then went on to teach at the Preparatory High School for Colored Youth, known today as Dunbar High School, in Washington, D.C.. She became its first Black principal.
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American educator (1840–1894)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Jane_Patterson
date created:
2006-10-01T19:06:09Z
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2024-09-13T19:38:28Z
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