From collection Kosti Ruohomaa Collection
LB2017.19.3503
In this photo, Mrs. MacDougal is meeting with the School Board. The caption in the Pageant article is: "She asks school board for extra teachers and playground fence; verdict: no funds." p.56 The photoessay follows a day in life of teacher and principal Doris MacDougal at the McLain Grammar School in Rockland, Maine. The essay focuses on the challenge of managing increasing class sizes as post-war baby boom starts to overwhelm schools across the country. The article illustrates both MacDougal's teaching and administrative responsibilities, with a bit of homelife at the end. Ruohomaa, Kosti. “Your Children’s Other Mother.” Pageant, Nov. 1951, pp 56.
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