Prudence Crandall : Woman of Courage
Prudence Crandall : Woman of Courage
- ISBN 13:
9780525378839
- ISBN 10:
0525378839
- Format: Hardcover
- Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
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Summary
First published in 1955, this widely acclaimed novel by Newbery Award-winning author Elizabeth Yates tells the inspiring true story of a young Quaker teacher named Prudence Crandall. The year is 1855, & Prudence Crandall opens a school for African American women in her town of Canterbury, Connecticut. That event creates a firestorm. Accused of defying the laws of God, Prudence Crandall is subjected to trials & imprisonment. But she will not yield in her belief that we are all equal in the eyes of God.