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After LeCount passed the teaching exam, becoming the first black woman in Philadelphia to do so, [6] she began teaching at the Ohio Street School (later renamed the Octavius V. Catto School). She became principal around 1868, making her the second black female principal in Philadelphia. [ 4 ]
Octavius Catto was born free. His mother Sarah Isabella Cain was a free member of the city's prominent mixed-race DeReef family, which had been free for decades and belonged to the Brown Fellowship Society, a mark of their status. [1]
Octavius Catto (1839–1871) was born in South Carolina and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [2] He protested to desegregate Philadelphia's trolley system, recruited African Americans to join the Union Army during the American Civil War, and campaigned for Pennsylvania to ratify the Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which banned voting discrimination based on race. [3]
Harry Catto (1865–1912), American Negro league baseball outfielder; Henry E. Catto Jr. (1930–2011), American businessman and ambassador; Jamie Catto (born 1968), British singer/songwriter; Jeremy Catto (1939–2018), British historian; Malcolm Catto, English drummer and record producer; Max Catto (1907–1992), English playwright and novelist
Henry Edward Catto Jr. (December 6, 1930 – December 18, 2011) was an American businessman and public servant. [2] A native of San Antonio, Texas and son of a prominent insurance man, he was educated at T.M.I.—The Episcopal School of Texas, graduating in 1948, and at Williams College, graduating in 1952.
With the snappy casualness of a “day in the life” vlog, Pavel “Pasha” Talankin, a charismatic Russian teacher who serves as planner and videographer for all of his school’s events ...
John Taylor Gatto (December 15, 1935 [3] – October 25, 2018 [4]) was an American author and school teacher.After teaching for nearly 30 years he authored several books on modern education, criticizing its ideology, history, and consequences.
Thomas Sivewright Catto, 1st Baron Catto, CBE, PC (15 March 1879 – 23 August 1959) was a Scottish businessman and later Governor of the Bank of England. Early life and education [ edit ]