https://padlet.com/s2184202/okzkt3kxmwm6akqa en-us 2023-02-02 16:59:43 UTC 2026-03-20 21:13:52 UTC hello@padlet.com s2184202 https://padlet.com/s2184202/okzkt3kxmwm6akqa/wish/2466460459 Second daughter of a renown renaissance writer, Charles W. Chestnutt. Her older sister was Ethel Chesnutt. Her mother Was Susan Perry Chesnutt. She was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina. ]]> 2023-02-02 17:01:29 UTC https://padlet.com/s2184202/okzkt3kxmwm6akqa/wish/2466460459 s2184202 https://padlet.com/s2184202/okzkt3kxmwm6akqa/wish/2470372499 She went to Central High School, which had a strong focus on traditional education. She took classics classes there. It was also the first free high school west of the  Alleghenies. ]]> 2023-02-06 16:29:43 UTC https://padlet.com/s2184202/okzkt3kxmwm6akqa/wish/2470372499 s2184202 https://padlet.com/s2184202/okzkt3kxmwm6akqa/wish/2470383783 She was a roommate with her sister and was the third black student to graduate from Smith. She studied Latin and Greek. ]]> 2023-02-06 16:35:38 UTC https://padlet.com/s2184202/okzkt3kxmwm6akqa/wish/2470383783 s2184202 https://padlet.com/s2184202/okzkt3kxmwm6akqa/wish/2470385590 2023-02-06 16:36:35 UTC https://padlet.com/s2184202/okzkt3kxmwm6akqa/wish/2470385590 s2184202 https://padlet.com/s2184202/okzkt3kxmwm6akqa/wish/2470390901 Her entire Family moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where she grew up. ]]> 2023-02-06 16:39:44 UTC https://padlet.com/s2184202/okzkt3kxmwm6akqa/wish/2470390901 s2184202 https://padlet.com/s2184202/okzkt3kxmwm6akqa/wish/2470397466 She started her graduate work in Western Reserve University. She earned her M.A in Latin from Columbia University. ]]> 2023-02-06 16:43:33 UTC https://padlet.com/s2184202/okzkt3kxmwm6akqa/wish/2470397466 s2184202 https://padlet.com/s2184202/okzkt3kxmwm6akqa/wish/2470403521 She returned to her old high school after graduating from Smith to teacher as a substitute. ]]> 2023-02-06 16:46:41 UTC https://padlet.com/s2184202/okzkt3kxmwm6akqa/wish/2470403521 s2184202 https://padlet.com/s2184202/okzkt3kxmwm6akqa/wish/2470407071 She started working as a full-time Biology teacher in 1905 at Central High School. ]]> 2023-02-06 16:48:37 UTC https://padlet.com/s2184202/okzkt3kxmwm6akqa/wish/2470407071 s2184202 https://padlet.com/s2184202/okzkt3kxmwm6akqa/wish/2470409174 In 1910 she switched to teaching Algebra and Latin at Central High School. ]]> 2023-02-06 16:49:46 UTC https://padlet.com/s2184202/okzkt3kxmwm6akqa/wish/2470409174 s2184202 https://padlet.com/s2184202/okzkt3kxmwm6akqa/wish/2470412358 Helen Maria Chesnutt had a long teaching career, which ended in 1943. She had many amazing student, maybe most notable Langston Hughes. ]]> 2023-02-06 16:51:36 UTC https://padlet.com/s2184202/okzkt3kxmwm6akqa/wish/2470412358 s2184202 https://padlet.com/s2184202/okzkt3kxmwm6akqa/wish/2470415246 She co-authored a Latin textbook entitled The Road to Latin, which was published in 1932. It was very successful and published over and over again. ]]> 2023-02-06 16:53:08 UTC https://padlet.com/s2184202/okzkt3kxmwm6akqa/wish/2470415246 s2184202 https://padlet.com/s2184202/okzkt3kxmwm6akqa/wish/2470420164 We believe she was the first black woman to do so. ]]> 2023-02-06 16:56:02 UTC https://padlet.com/s2184202/okzkt3kxmwm6akqa/wish/2470420164 s2184202 https://padlet.com/s2184202/okzkt3kxmwm6akqa/wish/2470431828 She wrote her father's biography, "Charles Waddell Chesnutt: Pioneer of the Color Line"]]> 2023-02-06 17:03:08 UTC https://padlet.com/s2184202/okzkt3kxmwm6akqa/wish/2470431828 s2184202 https://padlet.com/s2184202/okzkt3kxmwm6akqa/wish/2470434468 She was buried in her families cemetery, Lake View Cleveland. ]]> 2023-02-06 17:04:55 UTC https://padlet.com/s2184202/okzkt3kxmwm6akqa/wish/2470434468