Conference for Colored Women (3rd : 1929 : Baton Rouge, La.); African American women
The conference of Colored Women was held on the campus of Southern University and A&M College in front of the Martin L. Harvey Chapel. [now called Southern University Museum of Arts [SUMA].
African Americans -- Education;
Miner Normal School;
Miner Teachers College;
Mytrilla Miner;
Teachers, Training of
Illustration of Myrtilla Miner (1815-1864), founder of the Miner School, which became Miner Teachers College. Miss Miner was a native of New York, and had also taught planters’ daughters in Mississippi. Miss Miner became determined to improve the...
