Publisher's Synopsis
Sarah Jane Woodson Early (1825-1907) was an American educator, temperance activist and author. Woodson was born in Chillicothe, Ohio. She graduated from Oberlin College in 1856, one of the first African-American women college graduates. In 1858 Woodson became the first African-American woman college instructor. She was appointed Superintendent of the Colored Division of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. She wrote a biography about her husband and his work: Life and Labors of Rev. Jordan W. Early. In 1893 at the World's Fair in Chicago, Ms. Early was named "Representative Woman of the Year. "
