Thank you for visiting SNEWPapers!
Sign up free
Story
December 2, 1938
St. Paul Recorder
Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
What is this article about?
At 84, former slave Mrs. Mary Preston Rogers achieves literacy through WPA adult education in Hamilton County, Ohio, joining thousands of African Americans learning to read and write since 1933.
Merged-components note: Merged image with story as the image depicts the subject (Mrs. Rogers) mentioned in the text.
Clipping
OCR Quality
85%
Good
Full Text
ST. PAUL RECORDER
Born in slavery and denied the privilege of attending school as a child, Mrs. Mary Preston Rogers has just been taught to read and write as a pupil in one of the many adult education classes of the Works Progress Administration, Hamilton County, Ohio.
Mrs. Rogers carries her 84 years lightly. She is still active in church affairs, plays the piano, sews and embroiders. But she has always been able to do these things. Now she can read the Bible daily, sign her own name and patiently put her thoughts in writing. Mrs. Rogers is one of some 2,640 students enrolled in various WPA Adult Education classes in Hamilton County. Through this program, sponsored by the Ohio Department of Education, forty-two teachers who might otherwise be idle are given employment. Mrs. Rogers now joins nearly 500,000 Negro men and women who have learned to read and write for the first time since the Federal Emergency Education Program got under way in 1933.—(WPA Photo.)
Born in slavery and denied the privilege of attending school as a child, Mrs. Mary Preston Rogers has just been taught to read and write as a pupil in one of the many adult education classes of the Works Progress Administration, Hamilton County, Ohio.
Mrs. Rogers carries her 84 years lightly. She is still active in church affairs, plays the piano, sews and embroiders. But she has always been able to do these things. Now she can read the Bible daily, sign her own name and patiently put her thoughts in writing. Mrs. Rogers is one of some 2,640 students enrolled in various WPA Adult Education classes in Hamilton County. Through this program, sponsored by the Ohio Department of Education, forty-two teachers who might otherwise be idle are given employment. Mrs. Rogers now joins nearly 500,000 Negro men and women who have learned to read and write for the first time since the Federal Emergency Education Program got under way in 1933.—(WPA Photo.)
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Personal Triumph
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
Recovery
What keywords are associated?
Adult Education
Literacy Achievement
Wpa Program
Former Slave
Elderly Learner
What entities or persons were involved?
Mrs. Mary Preston Rogers
Where did it happen?
Hamilton County, Ohio
Story Details
Key Persons
Mrs. Mary Preston Rogers
Location
Hamilton County, Ohio
Story Details
Born in slavery and denied schooling as a child, 84-year-old Mrs. Mary Preston Rogers learns to read and write in a WPA adult education class, allowing her to read the Bible, sign her name, and write her thoughts.