How did the challenges Cooper faced impact her professional and personal life? Cite evidence from the text in your answer

The text 'A Child of Slavery Who Taught a Generation' is the chronicle of the life of Anna J Cooper, a black American educationist who lived in the era of male chauvinism and slavery.

She was born as a slave to a white man who owned both she and her mother. Despite this personal challenge though, Anna Cooper, against all odds, rose the academic ladder to bag her Bachelors and Master's degrees, which at that time was exclusively for males.

She taught in a public school for black children where she insisted that her students study hard reading Maths and Science subjects and not just vocational subjects.

Her passion for education was such that whenever she noticed a child had a flair or aptitude to learn, she threw her entire weight in assisting that child achieve academic success by personal tutoring and mentoring.

This led to a professional challenge along the line as she was accused of having an affair with one of her male students. It became a full-blown scandal as it became front-page news on the tabloids.

The challenge led to her resigning her position in the school where she taught and relocating from the US to Paris, France where she bagged her PhD at the age of 66.