TY - BOOK N2 - They threw rocks and rotten eggs at the school windows. Villagers refused to sell Miss Crandall groceries or let her students attend the town church. Mysteriously, her schoolhouse was set on fire-by whom and how remains a mystery. The town authorities dragged her to jail and put her on trial for breaking the law. Her crime? Trying to teach African American girls geography, history, reading, philosophy, and chemistry. Trying to open and maintain one of the first African American schools in America. Exciting and eye-opening, this account of the heroine of Canterbury, Connecticut, and her elegant white schoolhouse at the center of town will give readers a glimpse of what it is like to try to change the world when few agree with you. AB - They threw rocks and rotten eggs at the school windows. Villagers refused to sell Miss Crandall groceries or let her students attend the town church. Mysteriously, her schoolhouse was set on fire-by whom and how remains a mystery. The town authorities dragged her to jail and put her on trial for breaking the law. Her crime? Trying to teach African American girls geography, history, reading, philosophy, and chemistry. Trying to open and maintain one of the first African American schools in America. Exciting and eye-opening, this account of the heroine of Canterbury, Connecticut, and her elegant white schoolhouse at the center of town will give readers a glimpse of what it is like to try to change the world when few agree with you. T1 - The forbidden schoolhouse :the true and dramatic story of Prudence Crandall and her students. / DA - 2005. CY - Boston : AU - Jurmain, Suzanne. CN - LA2317.C73 CN - LA2317.C73 PB - Houghton Mifflin, PP - Boston : PY - 2005. ID - 324691 KW - Women educators KW - African American women SN - 9780618473021 SN - 0618473025 TI - The forbidden schoolhouse :the true and dramatic story of Prudence Crandall and her students. / LK - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0617/2004026554-d.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0617/2004026554-d.html ER -