Download or read book A Whole-souled Woman written by Susan Strane and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 1990 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1833, Prudence Crandall opened the first private boarding school for black girls in New England. The village vigilantes resorted to violence and forced the school to close in 1834, whereupon Crandall "took to the prairie"--a dramatic story of one woman's incredible courage.