Sarah Ann Dickey

Sarah Ann Dickey (born April 25, 1838, near Dayton, Ohio, U.S.—died Jan. 23, 1904, Clinton, Miss.) was an American educator who devoted her efforts in the post-Civil War United States to creating and enhancing educational opportunities for African-American students. Dickey had almost no schooling until she was 16, but her determined progress thereafter was rapid, and at the age of 19 she secured a teacher’s certificate. After six years of teaching in her native region...