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Educators: Barbara Rose Johns

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Women's History Month, Womanica

All month, we're going back to school talking about women who shaped the world of education. Barbara rose johns passed away from bone cancer in 19 91. She worked as a librarian in the philadelphia school system and married reverend william holland roland powell. Together they had five children and lived the rest of their lives out of the public eye. For years, barbara's incredible contributions to civil rights were overlooked because of her age. In 20 17, the state attorney general's office building was renamed in her honor. Across the state of virginia, april 20 third is now barbara john's day.

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