Emma Stark
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| Born | Emily Arabella Stark February 17, 1856 California, US |
| 💀Died | July 31, 1890 (aged 33) Nanaimo, British Columbia, CanadaJuly 31, 1890 (aged 33) |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Canadian |
| 🏫 Education | Salt Spring Island Central School and Nanaimo high school, Teacher's certificate |
| 💼 Occupation | Teacher |
| 📆 Years active | 1874–1890 |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | James Clarke (m. 1878) |
Emily Arabella "Emma" Stark[1] (born February 17, 1856) was a Canadian teacher.[2] She was the first Black Canadian teacher in Vancouver Island[3] and the first teacher in the new North Cedar School, in 1874.[2]
Early life
Emily Arabella (Emma) Stark was born on February 17, 1856, in California, United States to parents, Louis (1816-1895) and Sylvia Stark (1840-1944),[1][4] who had been slaves in the United States.
In 1860, Stark arrived with her family on Salt Spring Island, B.C.[2] While on Salt Spring Island, her siblings: John Edmond (1860-1930), Abraham Lincoln (1863-1908), Hannah "Anne" Serena (1866-1888) and Marie Albertine (1867-1966) were born.[1] The Estes-Stark family moved to Cedar, Nanaimo in 1875, where Stark's youngest sister Louisa Edna was born (1878-1971).[1]
Education
Stark attended Salt Spring Island Central School, and completed secondary school at Nanaimo high school.[1] Her instructor was primarily John Craven Jones, a graduate of Oberlin College.[5] After Stark graduated high school, she trained to be a teacher.[1][6]
Career
Stark became a teacher at the age of 18 years.[1] In August 1874, she was hired to teach in a one-room school in the Cedar District[1] her starting salary was $40 per month.[2]
She lived in a cabin that was provided for the teacher.[1] Students who lived a long way from the school boarded with Stark, including her younger sister Marie.[2]
Personal life
Stark married James Clarke on December 28, 1878.[1][2][7]
Death
In 1890, Stark died at the age of 33 from tuberculosis.[8][1][2][7]
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 blackhistory. "Emma Stark – BC Black History Awareness Society". Retrieved 2022-02-10.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "First Black Teacher on Vancouver Island: Emma Stark". British Columbia’s Black Pioneers. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
- ↑ Claxton, Nick XEMŦOLTW̱; Fong, Denise; Morrison, Fran; O’Bonsawin, Christine; Omatsu, Maryka; Price, John; Sandhra, Sharanjit Kaur (2021). Challenging Racist British Columbia: 150 Years and Counting (PDF). University of Victoria and The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (BC Office). p. 31. Retrieved 29 May 2022. Search this book on
- ↑ Sandwell, Ruth Wells (2005). Contesting Rural Space. p. 186. Retrieved 29 May 2022. Search this book on
- ↑ Kilian, Crawford (February 6, 2009). "BC's Black Pioneer Women". The Tyee. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
- ↑ "Estes - Stark Collection". www.saltspringarchives.com. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Kilian, C. (2020). Go Do Some Great Thing: The Black Pioneers of British Columbia. Canada: Harbour Publishing Company Limited.
- ↑ Kilian, Crawford (March 15, 2016). "What BC Women Should Be on Canadian Banknotes?". The Tyee. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
Further reading
- Stark-Wallace, M. 1979. "The History of the Stark Family Archived 2022-05-25 at the Wayback Machine." In: Gulf Islands Driftwood. p. 9-16.
- "Estes-Stark Family History" in the Salt Spring Island Archives.
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