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Christian feast day: Prudence Crandall (Episcopal Church (USA))
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Prudence Crandall
American civil rights pioneer (1803–1890)
Prudence Crandall was an American schoolteacher and activist. She ran the Canterbury Female Boarding School in Canterbury, Connecticut, which became the first school for black girls in the United States. She was the sister of Reuben Crandall, the defendant in the Trial of Reuben…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Episcopal Church (United States)
Protestant Anglican denomination
The Episcopal Church (TEC), also known as the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America (PECUSA), is a member of the worldwide Anglican Communion, based in the United States. It is a mainline Protestant denomination and is divided into nine provinces. The…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)