[Marguerite Tolbert oral history interview] : 1974 June 14 ; [typescript] / Constance Myers, interviewer.].

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[Marguerite Tolbert oral history interview] : 1974 June 14 ; [typescript] / Constance Myers, interviewer.].

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Topics discussed include her career in education, winning a scholarship to attend Winthrop College, (Class of 1914); her service as a member of the State Department of Education-Adult Education, and assistant director of the South Carolina Opportunity School, working with Wil Lou Gray; and her gradual acceptance of women's suffrage. Other topics addressed include interactions with Sallie Mae Tillman Schuler, a fellow classmate at Winthrop and daughter of Gov. Ben Tillman; interaction with Mary Little Yeargin (1867-1893); problems of juvenile delinquency during World War II; issues of equal pay for men and women; and mention of a field trip during which she escorted 40 students to ceremonies, 7 Oct. [1930?] commemorating Battle of King's Mountain, which was attended by President Herbert Hoover.

1 cassette tape (audio tape #31)

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Teacher and graduate of Columbia Female College, Columbia, S.C.; studied law at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.; taught at Leesville College, Leesville, S.C., and Sage College, Ithaca, N.Y.; appointed by Gov. Benjamin Ryan Tillman as commissioner to study the viability of normal and industrial colleges for women, 1890; drowned, 1893, in boating accident, Ithaca, N.Y.; native of Laurens County, S.C. From the description of Mary Little Yeargin papers, 1884-1894. (University of South C...

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