Prudence Crandall: Woman of Courage - Elizabeth Yates - Hardcover

First published in 1955, this widely acclaimed novel by Newbery Award-winning author Elizabeth Yates tells the inspiring true story of a young Quaker teacher named Prudence Crandall. The year is 1855, & Prudence Crandall opens a school for African American women in her town of Canterbury, Connecticut. That event creates a firestorm. Accused of defying the laws of God, Prudence Crandall is subjected to trials & imprisonment. But she will not yield in her belief that we are all equal in the eyes of God.Yates, Elizabeth is the author of 'Prudence Crandall: Woman of Courage - Elizabeth Yates - Hardcover' with ISBN 9780525378839 and ISBN 0525378839.