The Early Years
Where was Amelia Perry Pride born?
Lynchburg, VA
Amelia did this for people who could not go to school during the day.
She organized and led night classes for both children AND adults who could not make it possible to be in school during the day.
This school in Lynchburg memorializes Amelia Perry Pride with what.
P. L. Dunbar Middle School has The Amelia Pride Building for adult education.
Orra Gray Langhorne
Amelia became an orphan at this age.
16
Pride started this after being given a donation from a Lynchburg writer.
What is the Dorchester House recognized by?
A state historic highway marker
Pride was an officer of this organization.
Local African American temperance organization
Amelia attended and graduated from this college after becoming an orphan.
Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute
This was established AFTER the free sewing school.
The Theresa Pierce Cooking School
Prides name is inscribed here.
On the Wall of Honor of the Virginia Women's Monument in Richmond's Capitol Square
This town sent a donation for the house to be built and is named after it.
Dorchester, Massachusetts
Amelia started teaching at this school after graduating from college.
The Indian school at Hampton
Her work from the previous answer led to this being incorporated in all public schools for Black students.
It led to the incorporation of home economics.
She was among the first of this group.
Being a Black teacher in Lynchburg City Schools.
From 1899 to 1902 Pride was a member of this committee.
The Committee on Domestic Economy of the Hampton Negro Conference, which worked to ameliorate economic and social challenges faced by African Americans around the state
Amelia was married to her husband in this month and year.
December 1881
In 1897, Pride started raising money for this cause.
To establish a home for destitute older African American women, many of whom had been born into slavery and who had no family to support them in their old age.
Pride assisted in this alliance.
The Woman's Christian Alliance, which had been organized to assist Lynchburg residents in poverty and poor health who did not receive care from the city's hospital or almshouse
Pride did this in WWI.
She joined the Red Cross and, among other tasks, taught adults how to stretch tight budgets for food conservation.