Eliza Emily Chappell Porter
(1807-1888)
First public school teacher in Chicago, Illinois
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Eliza Emily Chappell Porter (November 5, 1807 – January 1, 1888) was the first public school teacher in Chicago, at Fort Dearborn. She established normal schools, educated settlers and American Indians at Mackinac Island, aided the wounded during the American Civil War as a member of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, participated in the Underground Railroad, and taught freedmen.
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5 November 1807 Geneseo, New York
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| Died |
1 January 1888 (aged 80) Santa Barbara, California, US
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| Zodiac | Scorpio |
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