Photograph, Cabinet
Group of Schoolgirls with Sister Anna Dodgson
Description
Sister Anna Dodgson, then teacher of girls at the school of the Mount Lebanon Church Family, is seated at right with her students. The photograph was probably taken just outside the school building.
Notes
Sister Anna was a lead teacher for about fifteen years, beginning in 1855. For more on her experience teaching, see the diary she kept as a teacher: https://shakerml.org/archive/?id=430. See also a blog post on Shaker teachers: https://shakerml.org/the-steady-taxing-work-of-teaching/