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Young Fanny Jackson Coppin

Fanny Jackson Coppin (October 15, 1837 - January 21, 1913) was an African-American educator and missionary. Born a slave, her freedom was purchased by her aunt at age 12. In 1860, she enrolled in Oberlin College in Ohio, the first college in the United States to accept both black and female students, and she graduated with a Bachelor's degree in 1865. She accepted a position at Philadelphia's Institute for Colored Youth. She served as the principal of the Ladies Department and taught Greek, Latin, and Mathematics. In 1869, she was appointed as the principal of the Institute, becoming the first African-American woman to become a school principal. She remained principal for 37 years. She was promoted by the board of education to superintendent (first African American superintendent of a school district in the United States), but soon went back to the being a school principal. She died in 1913 at the age of 75.
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Young Fanny Jackson Coppin
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Fanny Jackson Coppin (October 15, 1837 - January 21, 1913) was an African-American educator and missionary. Born a slave, her freedom was purchased by her aunt at age 12. In 1860, she enrolled in Oberlin College in Ohio, the first college in the United States to accept both black and female students, and she graduated with a Bachelor's degree in 1865. She accepted a position at Philadelphia's Institute for Colored Youth. She served as the principal of the Ladies Department and taught Greek, Latin, and Mathematics. In 1869, she was appointed as the principal of the Institute, becoming the first African-American woman to become a school principal. She remained principal for 37 years. She was promoted by the board of education to superintendent (first African American superintendent of a school district in the United States), but soon went back to the being a school principal. She died in 1913 at the age of 75.
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