Virginia Estelle Randolph was an American educator in Henrico County, Virginia.
19 Facts About Virginia Randolph
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Virginia Randolph was named the United States' first "Jeanes Supervising Industrial Teacher" by her Superintendent of Schools, Jackson Davis, and she led a program funded by the Jeanes Foundation to upgrade vocational training throughout the US South as her career progressed.
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Virginia Randolph's mother was a domestic worker from Campbell County and her father was a bricklayer.
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Virginia Randolph had three sisters: Mary, Sarah, and Emma, the latter of whom was one month old when her father died in 1874.
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Virginia Randolph was a member of the church throughout her life.
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Virginia Randolph attended Baker School, the first public school built for black students in Richmond.
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Virginia Randolph secured a teaching position with the Henrico County School Board the next year.
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Virginia Randolph opened a one-room schoolhouse, the Mountain Road School.
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Virginia Randolph fixed up the dilapidated building and traveled throughout the county to recruit students.
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Virginia Randolph believed that manual arts helped students had opportunities for employment if they were unable to acquire secondary education.
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Beyond the importance of academics and learning skills, Virginia Randolph thought it was important to promote healthy spirits and hearts.
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Virginia Randolph's programs were financially supported by Bryan and Steward families and were promoted by Henrico County Schools's supervisor Jackson Davis.
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Virginia Randolph chronicled her progress by becoming the author of the Henrico Plan which became a reference book for southern schools receiving assistance from the Jeanes Foundation, which became known as the Negro Rural School Fund.
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Virginia Randolph's teaching techniques and philosophy were later adopted in Great Britain's African colonies.
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Virginia Randolph served for many years on the Inter-Racial and Health Board for the Commonwealth of Virginia.
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Virginia Randolph, who remained single throughout her life, took in children whose parents were unable to care for them to board at her house.
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Virginia Randolph adopted Carrie B Sample, one of fifty children that she took in and raised.
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Virginia Randolph died in Richmond on March 16,1958, at the age of 84.
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The Virginia Randolph Fund was founded in 1936 as a tribute to her.