It is possible that the individual counties set their own standards for teachers and for length of school year. Even in the 1930s some rural schools only ran for 8 months and some teachers were only high school graduates. My aunt taught in Suffolk before WW-I and had not been to college at all. Kitty ----- Original Message ----- From: <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 6:30 PM Subject: Re: 1920 Virginia teaching certification requirements. John - My grandmother was born in 1890. She graduated from high school, went to summer school at UVA, getting a teaching certificate, and began teaching in the fall. She taught for only a year, because she married, and married women were not allowed to teach. Sarah -----Original Message----- From: John McComb <[log in to unmask]> To: VA-ROOTS <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tue, Jul 16, 2013 4:46 pm Subject: 1920 Virginia teaching certification requirements. My Grandmother taught elementary school in Stuarts Draft, Augusta County, in 1920 plus and minus a few years. I do not know how much formal education that she had received growing up. I was wondering if anyone might know what the education and other requirements were that were in effect at that time in order for someone to teach school. Thank you John To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html