LB2019.17.65359

LB2019.17.65359

This contact sheet contains photographs in Mrs. MacDougal's classroom. after school. Mrs. MacDougal is at her desk grading papers and in some shots talking with another teacher. 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 51-57.