Looks at the life of Susie King Taylor, a runaway slave, who founded a school and taught both children and adults how to read and write, and who was the first African-American Civil War nurse to write her own story.
year: 2017
call number/section: 921, 92, 920, 973.7
subjects: taylor, susie king, 1848-1912, juvenile literature, united states, colored infantry regiment, 33rd (1864-1866), juvenile literature, army, nurses, african american nurses, juvenile literature, nurses, southern states, african american women, african americans, biography, women, united states, african americans, civil war, 1861-1865, juvenile literature, women, biographies