Robert and Mary Church Terrell House; 326 T Street, NW
Mary Church Terrell (1863-1954), famous for her leadership in the women's suffrage and civil rights movements, was also the first African-American woman appointed to the D.C. Board of Education. She began teaching foreign languages at M Street High School in 1885, and while there she met her husband, who taught Latin, math and science at M Street beginning in 1887. Robert Terrell (1857-1925) served as Principal of the school from 1899 to 1901, before moving on to a distinguished career as D.C.'s first municipal court judge. After they married in 1891, Mary Church Terrell gave up her teaching position, as was the expectation of women at that time (under "Rule 45" of the Board of Education), but that did not bar her from serving on the D.C. School Board for two terms, from 1895 to 1901, and from 1906 to 1911. It is believed she is the first African-American person to serve on a school board anywhere in the U.S.
The house, built c. 1894 as a duplex, is missing its western half due to a fire. A nonprofit group was formed in 2008 to restore the remaining half, and create a museum and cultural center honoring the Terrells.
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