Reminiscences of school life and hints on teaching
By: Fanny Jackson Coppin ; introduction by Shelley P. Haley.
Series: African American women writers, 1910-1940
Publisher: G.K. Hall; Prentice Hall International
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
Subjects: Coppin, Fanny Jackson.; Institute for Colored Youth (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- History.; Teachers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Biography.; Education -- Philosophy.; Teaching.
Description: Educator, journalist, and activist for social and educational reform, Fanny Jackson Coppin had a passion for and dedication to her work that foreshadowed the contributions of many African-American women. Born into slavery, Coppin was the second African-American woman to graduate from Oberlin College. A noted classical scholar, she devoted her life to the education of African-American children.

This volume, originally published posthumously in 1913, is a four-part work composed of an autobiographical sketch (including an account of her classical studies at Oberlin and her role as teacher and first black woman principal of a high school - the Institute for Colored Youth in Philadelphia); an essay setting forth her views and theories on education; a travelogue on her journeys to England and South Africa; and a description of her work as a missionary and educational activist in South Africa.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (xxxv-xxxvi).
Originally published: Philadelphia : African Methodist Episcopal Book Concern, 1913. With new introd.