#fannyjacksoncoppin

[mrkinetik]

This is Fanny Jackson Coppin (1/8/1837 - 1/21/1913). She was born into slavery in our nation’s capital: Washington, DC. Her aunt was able to purchase her freedom and Coppin moved to Newport, Rhode Island and took up work as a domestic servant for author George Henry Calvert. She studied whenever she could before attending Oberlin College (Ohio) in 1860. Oberlin is the first college in America to accept both Black students and women. She taught an evening course for free African Americans and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in 1865. She was the first Black teacher at Oberlin Academy, a prep school on Oberlin’s campus. She later became the principal of the Female Department of the Institute for Colored Youth in Philadelphia, a Quaker institution. There she taught greek, Latin, and Mathematics. In 1869, she became the principal of the Institute, the first African American woman to become a school principal. She remained at the Institute for 37 years until her retirement in 1902. She also became the first African American school district superintendent but went back to school principal. She focused her work on educating African Americans as teachers. In 1881 she married Levi Coppin, an African Methodist Episcopal (AME) minister. She joined the AME, became active in mission work, and worked as the president of the AME’s Women’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society. In 1893, she was one of five African American women invited to speak at the World’s Congress of Representative Women in Chicago (Hallie Quinn Brown was there and spoke too; see my post about her from 2/27/2018). Coppin returned to Philadelphia after about a decade of missionary work, including a stop in South Africa. In 1926, a historically Black teacher training school in Baltimore named itself “Fanny Jackson Coppin Normal School”, now known as Coppin State University. Fanny Jackson Coppin, in spite of her obstacles, became a pioneer in teacher training for African Americans, among many other things. Salute Fanny Jackson Coppin, an educator, a missionary, a leader, a legend. #fannyjacksoncoppin #blackhistorymonth #mrkblackhistory #jaaamaccordingly (at Coppin State University) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtvWF9rHMTV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jv2t270rgicz

[victoriamartinezwriter]

American women of color have written narratives of Christmas, though few of these stories have been incorporated into the mainstream of literature, not to mention tradition. In the decades following the American Civil War, for instance, African American women were writing the story of Christmas in a way that is not yet sufficiently recognized. Fanny Jackson Coppin (1837-1913; pictured right), who was born into slavery, and Fannie Barrier Williams (1855-1944; left), who was not, are just two examples. You can read more about these two remarkable women's lives and their narratives of Christmas in my final article of the year, "Christmas, Written by Women," at https://abitofhistoryblog.com/2018/12/21/christmas-written-by-women/ #Christmas #WomenWriters #FannyJacksonCoppin #FannieBarrierWilliams #WriteAboutWomen #Literature #ChristmasLiterature #africanamericanliteraturehistory https://www.instagram.com/p/Bru4uJWAHuM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=pq1yxqqmggko

[neci-the-queen]

@thedayafter2016 - Fanny Jackson Coppin was born enslaved in Washington DC, Oct. 15, 1837. She gained her freedom when her aunt purchased her at age 12. Through her teens years she worked as a servant for the author George Henry Calvert and in 1860 she enrolled at Oberlin College in Ohio. Oberlin College was the first college in the US to accepted both Black and female students. While attending Oberlin Jackson enrolled and excelled in the men’s course of studies. She was elected to the Young Ladies Literary Society and was the first Black student to be appointed in the College’s preparatory department. As the Civil War came to an end she established a night school in Oberlin in order to educate freed slaves. Upon graduation in 1865, Jackson became a high school teacher at the Institute for Colored Youth (ICY) in Philadelphia. She was promoted to principal of the Ladies Department and taught Greek, Latin, and Mathematics. In 1869 she became principal of the entire institute, making her the first Black woman to receive the title of school principal. She was the first Black woman to head an institution of higher learning and she remained there until her retirement in 1906. Jackson founded homes for working and poor women, and she was an influential columnist who defended the rights of women and Blacks in local Philadelphia newspapers. She added missionary work to her long list of accomplishments when she married Rev. Levi Jenkins Coppin, a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in 1881. In 1902 the couple went to South Africa and founded the Bethel Institute, a missionary school which emphasized self-help programs. Coppin returned to Philadelphia because of declining health. She died in Jan. 1913. In 1926, a Baltimore, MD teacher training school was named the Fanny Jackson Coppin Normal School in her memory. It is now Coppin State University. #fannyjacksoncoppin #coppinstate #oberlincollege #amechurch #notsolongago #nsla - #HowYouLivin #RoyaltyPromotions #philadelphia #phillyhistory