Margaret Pereboom papers, 1977-1988 (bulk 1979-1982).

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Margaret Pereboom papers, 1977-1988 (bulk 1979-1982).

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The Margaret Pereboom Papers pertain to Pereboom's work as a member of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and as the chair of Louisiana Women in Politics. The records dealing with the school board consist of correspondence, legal files, office files and statistical reports related to the desegregation case, Davis vs. East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, and the effects of court orders on the school district. For Louisiana Women in Politics, the files contain administrative records for the state organization and its Baton Rouge chapter, as well as research materials on the role of women in elected office.

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Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries

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East Baton Rouge Parish (La.). School Board

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Parker, John V., 1928-

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Arveson, Raymond, 1922-2008.

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Louisiana Women in Politics.

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Pereboom, Margaret (Margaret Jane), 1928-2008

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Margaret Pereboom was born on May 30, 1928, in Lusk, Wyoming. After receiving a Ph.D. in educational psychology from the University of Texas, she moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and became one of the first women in the state to receive a license to practice psychology, with a practice that focused on children. Pereboom served on the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board from 1978 to 1982, when the desegregation case consumed the board. In 1986, she became the chair of a newly formed organization...