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          A view of the writer's early life, as well as give some of her methods of imparting the intellectual and moral instruction that has proved so eminently....

          Fanny Jackson Coppin

          American educator (1837–1913)

          Fanny Jackson Coppin (October 15, 1837 – January 21, 1913) was an American educator, missionary and lifelong advocate for female higher education.

          Born into slavery, Coppin was the second African-American woman to graduate from Oberlin College.

        1. Born into slavery, Coppin was the second African-American woman to graduate from Oberlin College.
        2. Fanny Jackson Coppin (October 15, – January 21, ) was an African-American educator and missionary.
        3. A view of the writer's early life, as well as give some of her methods of imparting the intellectual and moral instruction that has proved so eminently.
        4. Through her teen years Jackson worked as a servant for the author George Henry Calvert and in she enrolled at Oberlin College in Ohio.
        5. When Fanny Jackson became principal of Philadelphia's Institute for Colored Youth in , she held the highest educational appointment.

          6. One of the first Black alumnae of Oberlin College, she served as principal of the Institute for Colored Youth in Philadelphia and became the first African American school superintendent in the United States.[1][2]

          Personal life

          Born into slavery, Fannie Jackson's freedom was purchased at age 12 by her aunt for $125.[3] Fannie Jackson spent the rest of her youth in Newport, Rhode Island working as a servant for author George Henry Calvert, studying at every opportunity.

          On December 21, 1881, Fanny married Reverend Levi Jenkins Coppin, a minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church and pastor of Bethel AME Church Baltimore. Fanny Jackson Coppin started to become very involved with her husband's missionary work, and in 1902 the couple went to S