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4 unusual facts about Edith Guerrier


Edith Guerrier

In 1887, Guerrier 's father sent her to school at the Vermont Methodist Seminary and Female College in Montpelier, Vermont.

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The trip started in D.C. and sent Guerrier to cities such as Columbus, Ohio; Denver, Colorado; Los Angeles, California and Missoula, Montana.

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Included are letters from Secretary of War Newton Diehl Baker and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D. Roosevelt, who then made changes to the letters as they saw fit.

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Her father, George Guerrier, was an English immigrant who served in the American Civil War as a Second Lieutenant of Colored Infantry.



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