Minutes of the Fulton County Board of Education, January 3, 1939, 39-1148
Georgia--Fulton County
School administrators
Fulton County Board of Education
Teacher educators
Women's rights
Married teacher rule
Elbert Tuttle
Helen Mankin
Mary Hughie
Attorney for the board, Elbert Tuttle and attorney for plaintiff Mary Hughie, Helen Makin, appear before the board to discuss reinstatement of Hughie based on a court decision. Hughie took the board to court to fight the policy of the board that barred female teachers from marrying.
Fulton County Board of Education, Atlanta, Georgia
Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
1939
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Bound volume (excerpt), 8.5"x11"
FCS Archives, Board Records Collection, Shelf A-1-1, Volume: January 1930-December 1937
1939.brec.39-1148
Minutes of the Fulton County Board of Education, October 24, 1938, 38-1135
Georgia--Fulton County
School superintendents
School administrators
Fulton County Board of Education
Civil Service Act of 1937 (Georgia)
Teacher educators
Women's rights
Married teacher rule
Jeremiah A. Wells
Marie Long
Center Hill School
In 1937, Marie Long, a teacher at Center Hill School, filed an injunction against the Fulton County Board of Education and its superintendent, Jere Wells, after she was released from employment for not signing her contract that included a clause barring the marriage of female teachers. A year later, the Fulton County Teachers Association approached the board about a "friendly" suit that would determine the policy for the future under the Civil Service Act of 1937.
Fulton County Board of Education, Atlanta, Georgia
Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
1938
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Bound volume (excerpt), 8.5"x11"
FCS Archives, Board Records Collection, Shelf A-1-1, Volume: January 1930-December 1937
1938.brec.38-1135
Minutes of the Fulton County Board of Education, June 24, 1938, 38-1109
Georgia--Fulton County
School administrators
Fulton County Board of Education
Teacher educators
Women's rights
Civil Service Act of 1937 (Georgia)
Married teacher rule
In this record, an account of teachers dismissed and placed on Civil Service contains a list of individual names and the schools at which they serve.
Fulton County Board of Education, Atlanta, Georgia
Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
1938
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Bound volume (excerpt), 8.5"x11"
FCS Archives, Board Records Collection, Shelf A-1-1 Volume: January 1930-December 1937
1938.brec.38-1109
Minutes of the Fulton County Board of Education, July 1, 1937, 37-1063
Georgia--Fulton County
Georgia Legislature
Civil Service Act of 1937
Fulton County Board of Education
Teacher educators
Married teacher rule
This sample contract was included as part of the board meeting records for July of 1937, when a new Civil Service Act, passed in the Georgia Legislature, required the board to renew its terms for employment. The policy dictating terms for female teachers who married was retained.
Fulton County Board of Education, Atlanta, Georgia
Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
1937
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Bound volume (excerpt), 8.5"x11"
FCS Archives, Board Records Collection, Shelf A-1-1, Volume: January 1930-December 1937
1937.brec.37-1063
Mary Jones Hughie to Kathleen Mitchell, September 2, 1939
Georgia--Fulton County
Correspondence
Photograph collections
Teacher educators
Kathleen Mitchell
Mary Jones Hughie
Kathleen Mitchell served in the Fulton County School System for over 40 years before retiring from her position as the district's Primary Supervisor the in 1939. Mary Hughie - teacher and principal at Cedar Grove School - sends her regards in September of that year, just as Mitchell resigns. Hughie holds the distinction of being a primary plaintiff in a lawsuit filed by a number of female teachers who seek to overturn a board policy that bans them from marrying while an employee. The case was settled in favor of the teachers nine months before this correspondence. Hughie is in the foreground of the photograph.
Mary Jones Hughie
Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
1939
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Paper document (8.5"x11") with photographic print (3.5"x4"),
FCS Archives, Personnel Collection, Shelf B-3-3, Box 6 Folder 1
1939.pers.6.1.9
Ms. Marie Long's Class Record Book, 1936
Georgia--Fulton County
Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Teacher educator
Marie Long
Center Hill School
Ms. Marie Long was a teacher at Center Hill School in Fulton County in 1936. This notebook contains records of her students and personal notes.
Marie Long
Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
1936
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Notebook, 4.5"x8"
FCS Archives, FCSS Schools Collection, Center Hill School Box 1 Folder 1
1936.fchs.1.1
Editorial by Tarleton Collier, Atlanta Georgian newspaper, 1937
Georgia--Fulton County
Article
Editorials
Atlanta Georgian
Women's rights
Teacher educator
Married teacher rule
Tarleton Collier
Marie Long
Newspaper article (copy) - In 1937, Fulton County teacher, Marie Long, filed an injunction against the Fulton County Board of Education, which released her after she refused to sign a contract that included a rule barring female teachers from marrying.
Tarleton Collier, Atlanta Georgian newspaper
(original) Atlanta Georgian, Atlanta, Georgia
(copy) Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
1937
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Newspaper clipping, 7"x20"
FCS Archives, Superintendent's Collection, Shelf B-2-3, Box 5 Folder 22
1937.supt.5.22
"Married Teacher Opinion Divided," The Sunday American newspaper (copy), October 3, 1937
Georgia--Fulton County
Article
Fulton County Board of Education
Teacher educators
Women's rights
Married teacher rule
Marie Long
Newspaper article (copy) - In 1937, Fulton County teacher, Marie Long, filed an injunction against the Fulton County Board of Education, which released her after she refused to sign a contract that included a rule barring female teachers from marrying.
The Sunday American, Atlanta, Georgia
(original) The Sunday American, Atlanta, Ga
(copy) Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
1937
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Newspaper clipping (copy), 8.5"x11"
FCS Archives, Superintendent's Collection, Shelf B-2-3, Box 5 Folder 23
1937.supt.5.23.4
"County Teacher Marriage Rule Attacked Here in Injunction Suit," The Sunday American newspaper (copy), 1937
Georgia--Fulton County
Article
The Sunday American
Fulton County Board of Education
Women's rights
Teacher educators
Married teacher rule
Marie Long
Newspaper article (copy) - In 1937, Fulton County teacher, Marie Long, filed an injunction against the Fulton County Board of Education, which released her after she refused to sign a contract that included a rule barring female teachers from marrying.
The Sunday American, Atlanta, Georgia
(original) The Sunday American, Atlanta, Ga
(copy) Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
1937
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Newspaper clipping (copy), 8.5"x11"
FCS Archives, Superintendent's Collection, Shelf B-2-3, Box 5 Folder 23
1937.supt.5.23.2
"Fulton County Civil Service Bill in Court," The Sunday American newspaper (copy), 1937
Georgia--Fulton County
Article
The Sunday American
Civil Service Act of 1937 (Georgia)
Fulton County Board of Education
Women's rights
Teacher educators
Marie Long
Newspaper article (copy) - In 1937, Fulton County teacher, Marie Long, filed an injunction against the Fulton County Board of Education, which released her after she refused to sign a contract that included a rule barring female teachers from marrying.
The Sunday American newspaper
(original) Sunday American, Atlanta, Ga
(copy) Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
1937
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Newspaper clipping (copy), 8.5"x11"
FCS Archives, Superintendent's Collection, Shelf B-2-3, Box 5 Folder 23
1937.supt.5.23.3