A Woman to Know: Sarah C. Roberts
Prejudice is the child of ignorance, sure to prevail where people do not know each other. — Charles Sumner
Prejudice is the child of ignorance, sure to prevail where people do not know each other. — Charles Sumner
(image via Smithsonian Museum of American History)
In 1848, Sarah C. Roberts’s father tried to enroll her in the neighborhood elementary school.
But the Boston school administration barred five-year-old Sarah from entering the classroom. He tried ano…
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