The Extraordinary Life of Anna Gardner
Born on Nantucket in 1816, Anna Gardner grew up in an abolitionist Quaker family and became a teacher. Impassioned by the experience, Gardner spent most of her life working for social justice causes. At age 25, she planned and executed Nantucket’s first Anti-Slavery Convention at the Atheneum; during and after the Civil War she taught newly freed slaves at Freedmen’s Schools in the South; and was active in social justice organizations. Barbara White is a research fellow at the Nantucket Historical Association and a retired public school history teacher. Her previous books are A Line in the Sand: The Battle to Integrate Nantucket Public Schools, 1825-1847 and Live to the Truth: The Life and Times of Cyrus Peirce: Crusader for American Public Education, Founder of the First Public Teacher Training School in the Nation. White's biography of Gardner will be published in 2019.
Date and Time
Sunday Mar 11, 2018
2:00 PM - 3:15 PM EDT
Sunday, March 11th 2:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Location
Nantucket Atheneum, Great Hall
Fees/Admission
Free admission
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Nantucket Atheneum
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508-228-1110
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