Fanny M. Jackson Coppin
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N 39° 55.962 W 075° 31.664
18S E 454908 N 4420420
She wanted to teach her people and she did for 40years.
Waymark Code: WM8G01
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 03/28/2010
Views: 6
Marker Text: Educator, writer, humanist, missionary. A former slave, she graduated from Oberlin College in 1865. Principal, Institute for Colored Youth, 1869-1902 (I.C.Y. became Cheyney University, 1983). Coppin pioneered industrial arts and teacher education.
Marker Name: Fanny M. Jackson Coppin
County: Delaware
Date Dedicated: 02/12/1986
Marker Type: City
Location: Cheyney University campus, off Dilworthtown & Cheyney Rds., Cheyney
Category: African American, Education, Professions & Vocations, Religion, Women, Writers
Website: Not listed
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