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At the age of ten, the Shadd's moved to West Chester, Pennsylvania where Mary attended a Quaker School for the next six years. This experience influence dMary later in life, whereby she returned to this location and opened a school for Black children in 1840.
Mary Lou de Leon Siantz, PhD, RN, FAAN E-mail: siantz@nursing.upenn.edu Mary Lou de Leon Siantz is Assistant Dean Office of Diversity and Cultural Affairs, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, the former Director of the Milagros Center of Excellence in Migrant Health, and a past President of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses.