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3 unusual facts about Providence Public School District


Mary Emma Woolley

Woolley attended Providence High School and a number of smaller schools run by women before finishing her secondary schooling in 1884 at the Wheaton Seminary in Norton, Massachusetts.

Providence Public School District

During the 1830s and 1840s, that system grew and prospered, especially in Providence, owing to the exertions of Samuel Bridgham, Nathan Bishop, and Thomas Wilson Dorr.

The Providence Public School Department is the administrative force behind the primary public school district of Providence, Rhode Island.



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