The Early Years
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Do you know the fun facts?
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Where was Amelia Perry Pride born?

Lynchburg, VA

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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.

100

This school in Lynchburg memorializes Amelia Perry Pride with what.

P. L. Dunbar Middle School has The Amelia Pride Building for adult education.

100
This person gave a donation to Pride in 1898.

 Orra Gray Langhorne

200

Amelia became an orphan at this age.

16

200

Pride started this after being given a donation from a Lynchburg writer.

A sewing school 
200

What is the Dorchester House recognized by?

A state historic highway marker

200

Pride was an officer of this organization.

 Local African American temperance organization

300

Amelia attended and graduated from this college after becoming an orphan.

Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute

300

This was established AFTER the free sewing school.

 The Theresa Pierce Cooking School 

300

Prides name is inscribed here.

On the Wall of Honor of the Virginia Women's Monument in Richmond's Capitol Square

300

This town sent a donation for the house to be built and is named after it.

Dorchester, Massachusetts

400

Amelia started teaching at this school after graduating from college.

The Indian school at Hampton

400

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.

400

She was among the first of this group.

Being a Black teacher in Lynchburg City Schools.

400

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

500

Amelia was married to her husband in this month and year.

December 1881

500

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.

500

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

500

Pride did this in WWI.

She joined the Red Cross and, among other tasks, taught adults how to stretch tight budgets for food conservation.