Stories, quotes and anecdotes from Appalachia. 1880s-1950s era.

Category: Educators/teachers

When I saw his shoulders sink, I knew right then that I had won

Annie crossed swords with Miss Graham one day in class, & got the whipping of her life. It wasn’t long before the father came after Graham.

They didn’t have hot water. They didn’t have toilet paper. They didn’t have doors on the bathroom . . . the girl’s bathroom.

They were called “moonlight schools” because classes were held on nights when the moon cast enough light for students to see the footpaths.

In October of 1951, 27 year-old Marjorie Ramsey of Logan, WV won a statewide US Defense Department Bond Selling Contest for schoolteachers.

West Virginia educator Carter G. Woodson, the son of former slaves, was pivotal in the development of Black History Month.

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