Caroline Mays Brevard (1860–1920) was an educator, historian and author in

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. She was a history professor at

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(now part of

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) She was added to the

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in 2012.
/ref> She was a member of the

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and the group maintains a Caroline Mays Brevard Award in her honor. Brevard was born at her aunt's residence at The Grove in Tallahassee on August 29, 1860. She was the daughter of Theodore Washington Brevard, Jr. and Mary Laura Call and the granddaughter of Florida Territorial Governor

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. Brevard graduated from

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and then returned home to

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, Florida where she taught at a

Leon High School Leon High School is a public high school in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is the oldest public high school in the state, and is a part of the Leon County Schools System. History Leon High School is one of the oldest high schools in ...

. She published ''The History of Florida'' in 1904, a well regarded account of Florida's history. In 1915 she began teaching at the Florida State College for Women. A large elementary school was built in 1924 and named in to honor her. It is now part of the Bloxham Building.

Bibliography

*''A history of Florida'' American book company 1904 *''A history of Florida from the treaty of 1763 to our own times'' (DeLand, Fla.: The Florida State Historical Society, 1924–25) *''Literature of the South'' New York, Broadway Publishing, circa 1908

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