Thursday, March 14
The subject of the latest “Heroes and Villains” lecture at New Haven Museum (114 Whitney Ave., New Haven) is Prudence Crandall, and she’s one of the former. Crandall created an integrated classroom in Canterbury, Connecticut, in 1831, and in her time was vilified for enrolling African-American girls into her Canterbury Female Boarding School. The school later became internationally known as a school exclusively for African-American girls. In 1995 she was made an official Connecticut State Heroine. (Yes, she’s also in the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame.) Carolyn Ivanoff’s talk on Prudence Crandall is entitled “Dare to Teach.” 6:30 p.m. (203) 562-4183.
The subject of the latest “Heroes and Villains” lecture at New Haven Museum (114 Whitney Ave., New Haven) is Prudence Crandall, and she’s one of the former. Crandall created an integrated classroom in Canterbury, Connecticut, in 1831, and in her time was vilified for enrolling African-American girls into her Canterbury Female Boarding School. The school later became internationally known as a school exclusively for African-American girls. In 1995 she was made an official Connecticut State Heroine. (Yes, she’s also in the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame.) Carolyn Ivanoff’s talk on Prudence Crandall is entitled “Dare to Teach.” 6:30 p.m. (203) 562-4183.
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