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SPEAKER_04: Hello, from Wonder Media Network, I'm Jenny Kaplan, and this is Womanica. Today we're talking about a woman who fought for educational equality for black women. Her work helped ensure that black kids could access public school education in Washington, DC. Let's talk about Mirtila Miner. Mirtila was born on March 4th, 1815 in Brookfield, New York. From a young age, she suffered from a spinal disorder that made physical labor difficult. Even so, as a child, she loved reading so much that she would pick hops, a flower used for brewing beer to pay for books. Mirtila started her formal school of law in New York, where she was a law student and a law professor. Mirtila started her formal schooling at the Female Domestic Seminary in Clinton, New York. The school's physical labor requirements were impossible for Mirtila to complete, so in 1840, she transferred to Clover Street Seminary in Rochester, New York. After she graduated, she became a teacher. In 1847, Mirtila moved to Mississippi to teach at the Newton Female Institute in Whitesville. While Mirtila was there, she witnessed the cruelty of slavery up close. Because Mirtila believed that education was an important step towards ending slavery, she tried to start teaching Black girls in Mississippi, but she was forbidden from doing so. So in 1849, Mirtila returned to New York with a new mission, to found a school where young Black girls could receive an education and be trained to become teachers the most. Mirtila was a teacher who had a lot of problems with the school and had to work hard to get it done. But Mirtila was not the only one who had to do it for himself and himself. This endeavor was risky. Frederick Douglass told Mirtila that she would go through great hardship and that her school would certainly fail. But Mirtila forged ahead. On December 3rd, 1851, Mirtila began teaching six Black students in a 14-square-foot room where angry mobs tried to burn it down. At one point, Mirtila had to brandish a pistol to deter the crowds. She was forced to move the school's location three times in two years, and many landlords refused to rent to her because she was teaching Black students. Despite the pushback, Mirtila's school flourished. After two months, the school expanded from six students to 40. In 1953, Mirtila found a permanent location for her school, naming it the Normal School for Colored Girls. It was the only place in D.C. where Black girls could get an education beyond the elementary level. Mirtila's students had access to a library of over 1,500 books and attended lectures with scholars from all over the country. Five years after its founding, six of the school's students had become teachers. In 1860, the school was forced to close its doors due to the Civil War and Mirtila's worsening health. But in 1863, Congress reestablished the school through a congressional charter. It was renamed the Institution for the Education of Colored Youth. Unfortunately, Mirtila didn't get to see her school reinstated. In 1864, she was injured in a carriage accident, and on December 17th, 1864, she died following complications from those injuries. She was 49 years old. After Mirtila's death, her school ran independently until 1879, when the city incorporated it into D.C.'s public school system. After segregation was outlawed, the school was combined with another school and renamed the District of Columbia Teachers College. Mirtila's activism helped Black people in D.C. secure the right to education. Her legacy lives on in the city's public school system to this day. All month, we're going back to school, talking about women who changed the world of education. For more on why we're doing what we're doing, check out our newsletter, Womanica Weekly. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram, at Womanica. Special thanks to Liz Kaplan, my favorite sister and co-creator. Talk to you tomorrow.
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