Martha Berry

Martha Berry was born in Rome Georgia on October 7, 1866. She had three sisters, two brothers, a mother and a father. In her early life she lived in a house called Oak Hill. She wanted a cabin of her own so her dad built her one. She went to a boarding school and she didn’t like it there so she dropped out. During her adult life Martha Berry opened schools, but she didn’t have enough money for furniture so she traveled around the world to earn money from the government. Her major accomplishments were opening schools for the boys and girls. Martha Berry changed the world with education. She died in 1942, New York.