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'''Eva Roberta Coles Boone''' (1880 - 1902) was an African-American |
'''Eva Roberta Coles Boone''' (1880 - 1902) was an African-American teacher and Baptist missionary from [[Charlottesville, Virginia]], who served with her husband [[Clinton Caldwell Boone]] in what was then the [[Congo Free State]], now the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congo]]. |
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==Early life== |
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Eva Roberta Coles was born January 8, 1880, in [[Charlottesville, Virginia]].<ref name="vuu">{{cite book|last1=Hylton|first1=Raymond Pierre|title=Virginia Union University|date=2014|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p9c8BQAAQBAJ& |
Eva Roberta Coles was born January 8, 1880, in [[Charlottesville, Virginia]].<ref name="vuu">{{cite book|last1=Hylton|first1=Raymond Pierre|title=Virginia Union University|date=2014|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9781439647660|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p9c8BQAAQBAJ&q=eva+roberta+coles+boone&pg=PA49|access-date=16 April 2018}}</ref><ref name="hbcu">{{cite web|last1=Culpepper|first1=Reginald|title=Eva Roberta Coles-Boone|url=http://hbcuconnect.com/content/25990/eva-roberta-coles-boone|website=HBCU Connect|access-date=16 April 2018}}</ref><ref name="eaar">{{cite book|last1=edited by Larry G. Murphy, J. Gordon Melton, Gary L. Ward|title=Encyclopedia of African American Religions|date=20 November 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781135513450|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fS0kAgAAQBAJ&q=eva+roberta+coles+boone&pg=PT230|access-date=16 April 2018}}</ref> Coles attended [[Hartshorn Memorial College]], the first college in the world for women of color.<ref name="vuu" /><ref name="hbcu" /><ref name="African American Registry">{{cite web |title=Eva Boone, a dedicated teacher |url=https://aaregistry.org/story/eva-boone-a-dedicated-teacher/ |website=African American Registry |access-date=6 February 2019 |language=en}}</ref> She graduated in 1899.<ref name="hbcu" /><ref name="vuu" /> |
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==Career and family== |
==Career and family== |
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After graduation, Coles returned to Charlottesville to teach.<ref name="vuu" /><ref name="hbcu" /> In 1901, Coles married [[Clinton Caldwell Boone]],<ref name="vuu" /> who had attended seminary at [[Virginia Union University]], located a block north of Hartshorn, and earned his divinity degree in 1900.<ref name="hbcu" /> The son of a minister, he was born and grew up in [[Hertford County, North Carolina]]. |
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Boone and her husband received an appointment to the mission field, supported by the [[American Baptist Missionary Union]] and the [[Lott Carey Foreign Mission Convention]].<ref name="hbcu" /><ref name="eaar" /> They arrived at the Palabala station in the Katanga province of the [[Congo Free State]] on May 24, 1901.<ref>{{Cite book|title=African-American Experience in World Mission: A Call Beyond Community, Volume 1|last=edited by Vaughn J. Walston, Robert J. Stevens|publisher=William Carey Library Publishers|year=2003|isbn=978-0878086092|pages=42}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | At this time, it was unusual and controversial for American religious organizations to offer people of color missionary opportunities to serve in Africa.<ref name="rogersdiss">{{cite book|last1=Rogers|first1=Jaye|title="Ye Are All One Missionaries in the Congo and the Dynamics o f Race and Gender, 1890-1925|date=2006|publisher=Dissertation, Union Institute and University|location=Cincinnati, Ohio}}</ref> At the Palabala station, she taught [[kindergarten]],<ref name="rtd">{{cite web|last1=Perkins|first1=Claude Grandford|title=Virginia Union's First 150 Years: A bridge to intellectual freedom and equality|url=http://www.richmond.com/opinion/their-opinion/virginia-union-s-first-years-a-bridge-to-intellectual-freedom/article_2e6c6a09-0830-5c1b-81a5-5e3ba748a89f.html|website=Richmond Times-Dispatch|access-date=16 April 2018}}</ref><ref name="eaar" /> administered medical treatment, and organized a [[sewing circle]] for the women of the village.<ref name="hbcu" /><ref name="eaar" /> She tried to teach women to sew, but in the culture of the [[Kongo people]], men traditionally dominated this work. She gradually worked to change cultural [[taboo]]s against women sewing.<ref name="eaar" /> The women of the village called her "Mama Bunu".<ref name="hbcu" /><ref name="vuu" /> |
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Latest revision as of 03:02, 31 July 2023
Eva Roberta Coles Boone | |
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| Born | Eva Roberta Coles January 8, 1880 Charlottesville, Virginia |
| Died | December 8, 1902 (aged 22) Palaballa, Congo Free State |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Educator, Missionary |
| Spouse |
Clinton Caldwell Boone
(m. 1901) |
Eva Roberta Coles Boone (1880 - 1902) was an African-American teacher and Baptist missionary from Charlottesville, Virginia, who served with her husband Clinton Caldwell Boone in what was then the Congo Free State, now the Congo.
Early life
[edit]Eva Roberta Coles was born January 8, 1880, in Charlottesville, Virginia.[1][2][3] Coles attended Hartshorn Memorial College, the first college in the world for women of color.[1][2][4] She graduated in 1899.[2][1]
Career and family
[edit]After graduation, Coles returned to Charlottesville to teach.[1][2] In 1901, Coles married Clinton Caldwell Boone,[1] who had attended seminary at Virginia Union University, located a block north of Hartshorn, and earned his divinity degree in 1900.[2] The son of a minister, he was born and grew up in Hertford County, North Carolina.
Boone and her husband received an appointment to the mission field, supported by the American Baptist Missionary Union and the Lott Carey Foreign Mission Convention.[2][3] They arrived at the Palabala station in the Katanga province of the Congo Free State on May 24, 1901.[5]
At this time, it was unusual and controversial for American religious organizations to offer people of color missionary opportunities to serve in Africa.[6] At the Palabala station, she taught kindergarten,[7][3] administered medical treatment, and organized a sewing circle for the women of the village.[2][3] She tried to teach women to sew, but in the culture of the Kongo people, men traditionally dominated this work. She gradually worked to change cultural taboos against women sewing.[3] The women of the village called her "Mama Bunu".[2][1]
Coles died of a venomous bite on December 8, 1902, in Palaballa, Congo Free State (now part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo).[7][2] She and her husband had experienced the death of their child as an infant.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Hylton, Raymond Pierre (2014). Virginia Union University. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781439647660. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Culpepper, Reginald. "Eva Roberta Coles-Boone". HBCU Connect. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ a b c d e edited by Larry G. Murphy, J. Gordon Melton, Gary L. Ward (20 November 2013). Encyclopedia of African American Religions. Routledge. ISBN 9781135513450. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
{{cite book}}:|last1=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Eva Boone, a dedicated teacher". African American Registry. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ edited by Vaughn J. Walston, Robert J. Stevens (2003). African-American Experience in World Mission: A Call Beyond Community, Volume 1. William Carey Library Publishers. p. 42. ISBN 978-0878086092.
{{cite book}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ Rogers, Jaye (2006). "Ye Are All One Missionaries in the Congo and the Dynamics o f Race and Gender, 1890-1925. Cincinnati, Ohio: Dissertation, Union Institute and University.
- ^ a b Perkins, Claude Grandford. "Virginia Union's First 150 Years: A bridge to intellectual freedom and equality". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved 16 April 2018.