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Letter Regarding Shirley Bob's Application to Teach

 Collection
Identifier: 7049m

Abstract

This collection consists of a letter from the Board of Education of the City of New York to Miss Shirley Bob, regarding her application to be a high school science teacher.

Dates

  • 1940

Creator

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Biographical / Historical

Shirley Bob was born in 1918. She had polio at about age 5, leaving her with permanent partial facial paralysis. In 1940, she completed a BS at Barnard College and had enrolled in a Master's of Education program at Columbia University Teachers College. She applied to the New York City Board of Education for a license to teach high school science. In applying for the license she disclosed the paralysis which was considered a disability. The Board of Education approved her application "in view of compensatory traits."

Extent

0 cubic feet

Language of Materials

English

Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

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