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From Charlottesville, Virginia, she graduated from Hartshorn Memorial College (later Virginia Union University) in 1899. Coles taught in her hometown for a while before marrying Clinton C. Boone in 1901. That same year they traveled to Africa with the American Baptist Missionary Union. (ABMU). In the motherland, Boone took charge of the kindergarten class in the mission day school. She also organized a sewing group among forty African women. Boone worked in the mission hospital as well, yet after several weeks she got sick due to a poisonous bite. Because of this Eva Boone died on Dec. 8, 1902, and was only twenty-two years old. Reference: The Encyclopedia of African-American Heritage by Susan Altman Copyright 1997, Facts on File, Inc. New York ISBN 0-8160-3289-0 To become a Teacher
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