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Oral History Interview: Mattie Spencer Price, Mattie Spencer Price
Oral History Interview: Mattie Spencer Price, Mattie Spencer Price
0064: Marshall University Oral History Collection
Born at Henderson, West Virginia, Mrs. Price was a teacher for Kanawha County, West Virginia for forty-four years. As of 1972, Mrs. Price was retired and residing in Hernshaw, West Virginia. Mrs. Price relates the story of her reasons for entering the teaching profession and her career while teaching at one-room schoolhouses. She also discusses some of the situations and problems involving transportation and employment confronting the people of Hernshaw, West Virginia.