Booker T. Washington

Booker T. Washington

male, deceased (1915)
from Alabama, West Virginia writer, Alabama writer, Virginia writer, African American, author…normalschool
Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 - November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author and leader of the African American community....
Lewis Adams

Lewis Adams

male, deceased (1905)
freed former slave, freedmen, montgomery, democratic party, slave, normalschool…Normal schools
Lewis Adams (1842-1905) was an African American slave in Macon County, Alabama who is best remembered for his work in helping found the normal...
Charles W. Chesnutt

Charles W. Chesnutt

male, deceased (1932)
The Conjure Woman, Southern United States, lecture, american civil war, the atlantic monthly, principal…normalschool
Charles Waddell Chesnutt (June 20, 1858 - November 15, 1932) was an author and political activist best known for novels and short stories from...
Charlotte Hawkins Brown

Charlotte Hawkins Brown

female, deceased (1962)
Wellesley College, Salem, African American, death from cardiovascular disease, Educator, Academic…normalschool
Charlotte Hawkins Brown (June 11 1883 - January 11 1961) was an American author and educator. Born Charlotte Eugenia Hawkins in Henderson, North...
Lou Henry Hoover

Lou Henry Hoover

female, deceased (1944)
death by myocardial infarction, San José State University alumni, Scouting, Stanford University alumni, from the Greater Los Angeles Area, normalschool
Lou Henry Hoover (March 29, 1874 - January 7, 1944) was the wife of Herbert Hoover and First Lady of the United States. Admirably equipped to...
Samuel C. Armstrong

Samuel C. Armstrong

male, deceased (1893)
from Virginia, Union Army, Commissioned Officer, From Hawaii, Union Army general, American…normalschool
Samuel Chapman Armstrong (January 30, 1839 - May 11, 1893) was an American educator and a commissioned officer in the Union Army during the...
Francis Wayland Parker

Francis Wayland Parker

male, deceased (1902)
american civil war, prisoner of war, pedagogy, Educator, normalschool, American…progressive school movement
Francis Wayland Parker was a pioneer of the progressive school movement in the United States. He believed that education should include the...
William Mahone

William Mahone

male, deceased (1895)
teacher's school, normalschool, petersburg, Norfolk and Western, Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad, African American
William Mahone (December 1, 1826 - October 8, 1895), of Southampton County, Virginia, was a civil engineer, teacher, soldier, railroad executive,...
George W. Minns

George W. Minns

male, deceased (1895)
San Jose State University, normalschool, state of california, American, From San Francisco, Schoolteacher…San Francisco Unified School District, city's public school system
George Washington Minns was an American teacher, notable running the Minns Evening Normal School, which was established in San Francisco,...

James G. Carter

male, deceased (1849)
teacher training, board of education, Educationist, normalschool, Massachusetts politician, American
James G. Carter was a Massachusetts State Legislator and education reformer. He wrote “Influence of an Early Education” (Essays Upon Popular Educ...