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Evva Kenney Heath Papers
Description: Letter from Evva Belle Kenney, a schoolteacher in Bramwell, West Virginia, to her mother, brother, and sister in Cardington, Ohio. In this letter she describes her first impressions of the trials and tribulations of a schoolteacher. It was written September 2, 1897; she had begun teaching August 30, 1897. Evva Kenney was born and grew up in Cardington, Ohio, where she attended the predominantly white Cardington-Union Schools and graduated from high school in 1897. After teaching for a year in West Virginia, Evva moved Columbus in the spring of 1898 and began taking business courses at Parsons Community College. She later married Henry Heath (who is mentioned in this letter), and the couple attended Howard University Law School. She and Henry founded their own law firm, Heath & Heath Attorneys and Counselors at Law, and practiced in Washington, D.C. In 1907, Evva returned to Cardington to care for her ailing mother. Evva became ill early in 1908 and died in 1909 at the age of 29. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1274_B01F03_0101
Subjects: African American Ohioans; Ohio women; One-room schools; Teachers; Families--Ohio;
Places: Bramwell (West Virginia)