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Contents | Anna Thomas Jeanes A Quaker activist passionate about public health and education, Jeanes set up a bequest to fund a facility that became Jeanes Hospital and Fox Chase Cancer Center. She also financed the Jeanes Foundation, or Negro Rural School Fund, and appointed Booker T. Washington a trustee. The fund supported the training of black teachers, known as Jeanes Supervisors, who provided southern black youth with academic and vocational education. Website: https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=160450 Related albums • See other albumsPhiladelphia Historical MarkersRelated peopleAnna Thomas JeanesSources
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