I had both married and unmarried teachers through out my public school years (1946-1957) in Gloucester County. The schools were segreted so I can only vouch fo the teachers in the schools for the African-American students. My 6th grade (1950-51) teacher, new to the Gloucester school system in the fall of 1950, was the wife of the school principal.
Harriott Lomax
Retired, CWF Interpreter
> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:01:16 -0500
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> Subject: [VA-HIST] Married Women Teachers
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> Va-Hist subscriber Bill Obrochta at the Virginia Historical Society
> asks:
>
>
> To All-
>
> For years, I have heard that in Virginia, through the 1950s, female
> public-school teachers who married were no longer allowed to teach. I
> have never found anything to confirm this. The only thing I can find
> that even touches on the subject is a report about teacher shortages in
> Virginia in the 1940s, which implies that female teachers who married
> often chose to leave the profession.
>
> So my questions: Was there a time when married, female teachers were
> legally prohibited from teaching in public schools? If so, by whom--the
> state or the locality? If the locality, was it a school board
> regulation, or just the custom of the board not to hire or not to renew
> contracts for this reason? Or was it the custom for female teachers,
> once married, to "choose" to leave teaching?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Bill
>
> William B. Obrochta
> Director of Education
> Virginia Historical Society
> P. O. Box 7311
> Richmond, VA 23221-0311
> Phone: 804-342-9651
> Fax: 804-355-2399
> www.vahistorical.org
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