[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 27 (Monday, February 10, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E159]
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                       RACHEL CRANE MATHER SCHOOL

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                          HON. JOE CUNNINGHAM

                           of south carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, February 10, 2020

  Mr. CUNNINGHAM. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Rachel Crane 
Mather, the founder of Beaufort's Mather School.
  Rachel Mather moved to the Lowcountry in 1867 after the Civil War. 
She was a woman of faith and an educator. Mather hit the ground running 
as soon as she got to Beaufort and within a year, she opened her own 
institution. Her hopes and dreams came to life by serving others.
  The book of Matthew, Chapter 11, verse 28 reads ``Come to me, all you 
who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.'' Led by faith 
and perseverance, Mather taught the weary and gave them food, housing, 
and rest during the southern Reconstruction Era.
  The Mather School was a sanctuary for the young women in the 
Lowcountry and produced over a century of superior education in 
Rachel's name. As the matriarch of this institution, we honor the 
culture and legacy she has left today.

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