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Hortense Parker : ウィキペディア英語版 | Hortense Parker Hortense Parker Gilliam, born Hortense Parker (1859–1938), was the first known African-American graduate of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, in 1883. She taught music and piano at elementary school in Kansas City, Missouri from 1906-1913. That year she married James Marcus Gilliam, and moved with him to St. Louis, where she taught music and lived the rest of her life. ==Early life and education== Hortense Parker was the fourth of six children born to the free people of color John Parker and Miranda Parker in Ripley, Ohio. She had three older brothers and two sisters. Her mother was freeborn in Cincinnati.〔 Born into slavery, her father had bought his freedom and became a noted abolitionist, inventor, and industrialist. Before the American Civil War, he aided hundreds of slaves to escape by the Underground Railroad.〔("Hortense Parker" ), Ohio History Central, accessed 5 February 2011〕 Her parents' house has been designated a National Historic Landmark and restored, now called the John P. Parker House after her father. The Parkers ensured that all their children became well educated. Hortense Parker and her two younger sisters studied music as children, in addition to traditional subjects.〔 Hortense went to Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (now Mount Holyoke College), where she graduated in 1883, the first known African-American graduate.〔("Hortense Parker" ), ''Our Path: Students of Color at Mt. Holyoke'' exhibit, Alumnae & Student Conference, 2007, Mount Holyoke College, accessed 5 February 2011〕
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