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    • Barbara Henry

    American teacher

    Barbara Henry

    Born () May 1, (age&#;92)

    West Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

    EducationGirls’ Latin School
    OccupationTeacher
    Years&#;active; retired
    Known&#;forTeaching Ruby Bridges in William Frantz Elementary School

    Barbara Henry (born May 1, )[1] is a retired American teacher most notable for teaching Ruby Bridges, the first African-American child to attend the all-white William Frantz Elementary School, located in New Orleans.

    Henry had gone to Girls' Latin School in Boston, where "we learned… to appreciate and enjoy our important commonalities, amid our external differences of class, community, or color." She had taught in overseas military dependents' schools, which were integrated.[2] Henry and her husband had been in New Orleans for two months when the superintendent called to offer her a teaching position. When Henry asked if the job was in a school that would be integrated, t