Mary Jones Hughie to Kathleen Mitchell, September 2, 1939
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Title
Mary Jones Hughie to Kathleen Mitchell, September 2, 1939
Subject
Georgia--Fulton County
Correspondence
Photograph collections
Teacher educators
Kathleen Mitchell
Mary Jones Hughie
Correspondence
Photograph collections
Teacher educators
Kathleen Mitchell
Mary Jones Hughie
Description
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.
Creator
Mary Jones Hughie
Publisher
Fulton County Schools Archives, Hapeville, Ga
Date
1939
Rights
Identifier
1939.pers.6.1.9
Collection
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Citation
Mary Jones Hughie, “Mary Jones Hughie to Kathleen Mitchell, September 2, 1939,” Fulton County Schools Archives Digital Collections, accessed April 25, 2024, https://fcsarchives.omeka.net/items/show/140.
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