Amelia Perry Pride
Amelia Perry Pride | |
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| Born | Amelia Elizabeth Perry 1857 |
| Died | 1932 (aged 74–75) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | educator, institution founder |
Amelia Perry Pride (1857 – 1932) was an American educator who established a home for aged impoverished former slaves.
Biography[edit]
Pride was born in 1857. She attended Hampton Institute.[1] Pride was one of the first Black teachers in the Lynchburg Public School system. Her career spanned 33 years and for 20 years she served as principal of the Polk Street Elementary School in Lynchburg.[2][1] Pride was influential in bringing cooking and sewing classes into the school curriculum.[2] In the 1940s a separate building was constructed at Dunbar High School for home economics. It was named The Amelia Pride Homemaking Cottage.[3]
In 1897 Pride organized the Dorchester Home an old-age home for former enslaved women.[3] Pride died in 1932.[1]
Perry is included in the reference book Notable Black American Women.[4] In 2018 the Virginia Capitol Foundation announced that Pride's name would be in the Virginia Women's Monument's glass Wall of Honor.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Amelia Perry Pride's Dorchester Home Historical Marker". Historical Marker Database. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Family recipes hold centuries of Lynchburg history". WFXR. 23 December 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ a b "Neighborhood". The Anne Spencer House & Garden Museum. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ Smith, Jessie Carney; Phelps, Shirelle (1992). Notable Black American women. Gale Research. OCLC 24468213. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
- ^ "Wall of Honor". Virginia Women's Monument Commission. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
External links[edit]
Amelia Perry Pride at Find a Grave including death certificate