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Educator & abolitionist Myrtilla Miner died #OTD in 1864.

In 1851--when slavery was still legal in the US--she opened the Normal School for Colored Girls in Washington, D.C. It grew into the University of the District of Columbia, the only public university in DC. #history #blackhistory #education
A 19th-century engraved portrait of Myrtilla Miner, a white woman with a serious and determined expression. She has center-parted dark hair that falls in loose ringlet curls over her shoulders. She wears a high-necked dark dress with a row of small buttons down the front and a brooch pinned at the throat. The oval-framed image is rendered in fine detail typical of mid-1800s engravings, signed "J.A.J. Wilcox, Boston" in the lower right corner, against a plain shaded background. A black-and-white historical photograph of the Miner Normal School (later known as Miner Teachers College) in Washington, D.C. The three-story brick building features a symmetrical classical facade with a central projecting section, tall narrow windows, decorative cornices, and a pediment above the main entrance. Wide stone steps lead up a grassy hill to the double-doored entrance, flanked by two smaller side staircases. A few people are visible near the top of the steps, and trees frame the scene on both sides. The overall atmosphere is formal and institutional, capturing the school in its early years.
December 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Eleanor Holmes Norton, the 18-term delegate for the District of Columbia in Congress, announces her retirement
1/2 CONGRESSWOMAN For Immediate Release ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON NORTON ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT AT END OF TERM "With fire in my soul and the facts on my side, I have raised hell about the injustice of denying 700,000 taxpaying Americans the same rights given to residents of the states -for 33 years." WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that she will retire at the end of this term. "I've had the privilege of representing the District of Columbia in Congress since 1991. Time and again, D.C. residents entrusted me to fight for them at the federal level, and I have not yielded," Norton said. "With fire in my soul and the facts on my side, I have raised hell about the injustice of denying 700,000 taxpaying Americans the same rights given to residents of the states for 33 years. "The privilege of public service is inseparable from the responsibility to recognize when it's time to lift up the next generation of leaders. For D.C., that time has come. With pride in all we have accomplished together, with the deepest gratitude to the people of D.C., and with great confidence in the next generation, I announced today that I will retire at the end of this term." Norton's unrelenting advocacy has produced prolific and transformative results for the District. Her major legislative accomplishments include the revitalization of entire sections of the city - the Wharf, Capitol Riverfront, CONGRESSWOMAN ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON 2/2 For Immediate Release NOMA, Walter Reed and St. Elizabeths West campus for the Department of Homeland Security, and most recently the transfer of the RFK Stadium site to the District of Columbia. The D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant Program, or DCTAG, which Norton established, makes up the difference up to $10,000, between in state and out of state tuition at public universities for D.C. residents. The program helps thousands of D.C. students, who lack the type of robust public university system that residents of states enjoy, attend college each year. "Although I've decided not to seek reelection, I will never falter in my commitment to the residents I have long championed. I will continue to serve as D.C.'s Warrior on the Hill until the end of my current term." A civil rights leader who helped plan the 1963 March on Washington, an accomplished attorney who argued and won at the Supreme Court, the first woman to lead the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and a tenured professor at Georgetown Law before she was elected to Congress, Norton plans to continue to find ways to serve the District of Columbia after her current term ends. Her legacy is one of tireless service marked by an unrelenting focus on the well-being of those she represents. As Norton transitions into this new phase of service, her role as a champion for the people of D.C. will remain as vibrant and vital as ever. Norton concluded, "Thank you to my constituents for choosing and trusting me to fight for you in Congress 18 times. I will leave this institution knowing that I have given you everything I have. And while my service in Congress is ending, my advocacy for your rights, your dignity, and your capacity to govern yourselves is not." ###
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