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词条 Martha B. Briggs
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  1. Early life and career

  2. Career in Washington, DC

  3. Legacy

  4. References

Martha Bailey Briggs was an African American educator who lived from 1838 to 1889.[1][2] She was born and educated in New Bedford, Massachusetts, where she taught formerly enslaved men and women to read and write.[1][2] In 1869, she moved to Washington, DC, where she taught and served as a principal at Anthony Bowen Elementary School until 1873,[2][6] when she began work at Howard University.[1] At Howard, she trained teachers and taught math.[1] In 1879, she was hired to serve as principal of the Miner Normal School.[1][2] She stepped down from Miner Normal in 1883 and returned to Howard, where she served as principal of the Howard Normal Department until her death in 1889.[2][6] In 1920, the Martha Briggs Educational Club was formed to honor her legacy. The club awards scholarships to New Bedford students of color pursuing higher education.[13]

Early life and career

Martha Bailey Briggs was born March 31, 1938 to a black abolitionist family in New Bedford, Massachusetts.[13][3] She was the first woman of color to graduate from her high school.[4] She received teacher education at the Bridgewater Normal School.[3] Her first teaching experience was in her father's home, tutoring formerly enslaved men and women, many of whom had escaped enslavement through the Underground Railroad. Her reputation as a teacher grew, and she was also hired to teach in small home-based schools in the region.[1] In addition to teaching at the private school she began, she taught in a private school in Christiantown, Martha's Vinyard, and in public schools of Newport, Rhode Island.[3] In 1959, Myrtilla Miner of Washington, DC, invited Briggs to come to her "School for Colored Girls," but Briggs declined.[3]

Career in Washington, DC

In 1869, Briggs moved to Washington, DC, where she quickly became both teacher and principal at the Anthony Bowen Elementary School, which permitted children of color to attend.[4][3] In 1873, Howard University hired her to teach in their mathematics and teacher preparation programs.[1][2] She left Howard to serve as principal of the Miner Normal School (now known as University of the District of Columbia) from 1879 until 1883.[5][3] Briggs was the first woman of color to serve as principal of Miner Normal, and a Board of Education Report described her as: "a born teacher, and her work showed those qualities of head and heart that have made her name famous in the annals of education in the character of the graduates."[6][5]

Briggs stepped down from her position with the Miner Normal School to work again for Howard University in 1883, suffering from poor health.[4][3] She remained principal of the University's Normal Department until her death in 1889.[2][7] A personnel roster for Howard lists her degree as D.D..[7] She advocated for vocational as well as liberal arts education for people of color, and was elected president of the Industrial Institute Association of Washington, D.C. shortly before her death.[4]

Legacy

After her death on March 28, 1889,[8] a group of citizens, led by Frederick Douglass,[8] successfully petitioned that a DC school building be named the 'Martha B. Briggs Building' after her.[4][1] Two District of Columbia schools were named after her: Briggs Elementary School in 1889 and Briggs-Montgomery Elementary School; however, both schools were torn down for other construction projects.[3] A plaque was placed at the Howard University Chapel in her memory, with the inscription: "Her works do follow her."[4][8] In 1920, a group of educators in New Bedford created the Martha Briggs Educational Club and student aid fund in her honor.[8] In 2009, the club awarded $6000 in scholarships to college-bound minority students.[9] In 1935, Briggs' former students gathered to honor her legacy as part of founders' day celebrations at Miner Teachers College.[10]

References

1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite web|last1=New Bedford Historical Society|title="Martha B. Briggs"|url=http://nbhistoricalsociety.org/Important-Figures/martha-bailey-briggs/|publisher=New Bedford Historical Society}}
2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite book|last1=Iturralde|first1=Lucilla|last2=Jones|first2=Adrienne|title="Notable Black American Women, Book 2"|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ssMBzqrUpjwC&pg=PA55&lpg=PA55&dq=martha+b+briggs&source=bl&ots=gXwPogk8Uq&sig=9iULQpm0kWNNZx_scgTRED41We8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjg6rTkja_aAhVIl1QKHVHeAo4Q6AEINDAC#v=onepage&q=martha%20b%20briggs&f=false}}
3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Cooke, Paul Phillips. Martha Bailey Briggs (1838-1889): A Biographical Treatment Of Her Life With Emphasis On Her Public School Service. Prepared for the Charles Sumner School Museum/Archives, Washington, DC, April 1992.
4. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite book|url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Women_of_distinction/Chapter_92|title=Women of Distinction: Remarkable in Works and Invincible in Character|last1=Scruggs|first1=Lawson Andrew|date=|publisher=|year=1893|isbn=|location=|pages=}}
5. ^1 {{cite book|last1=Board of Commissioners|title=Annual Report of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia|date=1905|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObdEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA127&lpg=PA127&dq=martha+b+briggs&source=bl&ots=5rPiaoL851&sig=EtNcRtSF1NsyuOpBYArjYzVMHE0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiMrt68q7HaAhVHh1QKHdd_Azk4ChDoAQhGMAs#v=onepage&q=martha%20b%20briggs&f=false}}
6. ^{{cite journal|last1=Wormley|first1=G. Smith|title=Educators of the First Half Century of Public Schools of the District of Columbia|journal=The Journal of Negro History|date=April 1932|volume=17|issue=2|pages=124–140|jstor=2714463}}
7. ^1 {{cite book|last1=Dyson|first1=Walter|title=Howard University, the capstone of negro education : a history|date=1941|publisher=Howard University|url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001450591}}
8. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web|last1=Blake|first1=Lee|title="Martha Bailey Briggs"|url=https://www.whalingmuseum.org/explore/partnerships/women-greater-new-bedford/historic-women-profiles-martha-bailey-briggs/|website=New Bedford Whaling Museum}}
9. ^{{cite web|title="Martha Briggs Educational Club awards scholarships"|url=http://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20090723/EDU02/307239996|website=South Coast Today}}
10. ^{{cite news|title=Miner Students Honor Founder: Wilkinson Speaks at Rites Held at College.|work=The Washington Post|date=March 10, 1935}}
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