Mary Washington Howe
American educator
About Mary Washington Howe
Lived 1852 – 1900 (aged 48).
Mary Washington Howe (January 8, 1852 – March 20, 1900) was an American educator in Wilmington, North Carolina. She was the first and only female principal of the Williston Graded School.
Biography Howe was born on January 8, 1852, to parents Mary Moore Walker and Alfred Augustus Howe. Both her maternal and paternal grandmothers were Native American, and both of her grandfathers were originally from Africa before being sold into slavery. Her father was a freedman and well-known carpenter in Wilmington.
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American educator
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Mary Washington Howe was born on 8 January 1852.
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Mary Washington Howe died on 20 March 1900.
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