A “Tuskegee” for South Carolina
While she was studying at Battle Creek Sanitarium from 1893 to 1896, Jessie Dorsey met Almira S. Steele of Boston, Massachusetts, a humanitarian who was trying to open schools for destitute Black children in the South. At Steele’s invitation, Dorsey went south in June 1896 to work with Elizabeth E. Wright in establishing a school for Back students in South Carolina following the model of Booker T. Washington’s Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, where Wright had studied. Wright had great vision but was frail and sickly. The two women faced a great deal of prejudice against teaching Black children to read, and several of their places were burned down by angry men.
The 20 women killed by men in 20-years in Hull and the East Riding - and why we need to talk about it
Why these tragic cases should be a wake up call for society
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In just 20 years, 20 women in Hull and East Yorkshire have been killed by men.
The shocking statistic comes as the debate intensifies over the freedom and safety of women after the killing of Sarah Everard in London and murder of Libby Squire in Hull.
It has triggered a surge in women speaking openly about the abuse, threats, harassment and violence they are subjected to from men.
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