Sophia Sawyer, Emily Prudden, and Martha Berry encountered sexism, prejudice, financial hardship, discrimination, challenging travel conditions, exclusion from the right to vote, and social complacency.
And a third was shunned by her neigh.
Another instructor dealt with murder and mayhem, violence, loss of life, and racial hostility.
On one occasion two militiamen showed up at the school door and threatened to arrest the teacher if she continued teaching black children to read.
Sophia Sawyer, Emily Prudden, and Martha Berry encountered sexism, prejudice, financial hardship, discrimination, challenging travel conditions, exclusion from the right to vote, and social complacency