Women / Persons ~ P24533
Martha Bailey Briggs
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Social Networks and Archival ContextAlternate Names:
- Miss Martha B. Briggs
Gender: Female
Life Dates: 31 March 1838 - 28 March 1889
Types:
- American, African
- American (US)
- Educational founder, schoolmistress
- Educator, professor
- Educator, teacher
- Philanthropist
Note: Born New Bedford, Massachusetts. Opened a small private school out of her home, where she mostly taught freed slaves to read and write. Governess and public school teacher. Trained to become a nurse but never finished. Position at Howard University, and later principal of Howard University Normal School.