| Date Span: | 1927-2001 |
| Creator: | Cronkhite, Vera Shepard (1906-2003) |
| Extent: | .25 linear inches. |
| Collection Number: | IWA0600 |
| Repository: | Iowa Women's Archives |
| Summary: | Southwest Iowa rural schoolteacher during the 1920s and 1930s. Taught in town schools an additional 20 years. |
The rural schoolteacher Vera Shepard Cronkhite was born in 1906 to Deborah and Rhea Shepard, farmers near Hastings, Iowa. She graduated from Hastings High School in 1924 and borrowed money to attend a summer institute to obtain a teacher's certificateBegin text here:Vera . She began teaching in a one-room schoolhouse the following year, quitting when she married Ralph Hall in 1928. When Ralph was unable to work the following year, she resumed work, as a telephone operator until 1932 when she again taught rural school. After the birth of a son, she stayed home for two years, returning to teach school in Hastings and Malvern, Iowa. Her husband died in 1951. She remarried in 1956, but continued working until she retired in 1971.
Arrangement: One folder, shelved in SCVF.
Access: The papers are open for research.
Use: Copyright has been transferred to the University of Iowa.
Acquisition: The papers (donor no. 754) were donated by Vera Cronkhite in 2001.
Preferred Citation: Vera Shepard Cronkhite papers, Iowa Women's Archives, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City.
| Repository: | Iowa Women's Archives |
| Address: | 100 Main Library University of Iowa Libraries Iowa City, IA 52242 |
| Phone: | 319-335-5068 |
| Curator: | Kären Mason |
| Email: | lib-women@uiowa.edu |
| Website: | http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/iwa |
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