Oral History of Margaret Taylor Jones
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Jones, Margaret Taylor
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1971-11-03
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Margaret Taylor Jones was a long-time educator in Montgomery County. She was born in 1907 in Washington, D.C. She earned a Bachelor’s degree at Howard University and Master’s degree at Columbia University. For 40 years, she worked as a teacher, supervisor, and principal in Montgomery County Public Schools. She taught elementary school at the Scotland School and Rockville Elementary School for 20 years. From 1951 to 1955, she supervised African-American elementary schools in the county. In 1959, she was appointed as the first African-American Principal of Bannockburn Elementary School. Jones also served as President of the Montgomery County Teachers Association from 1943 to 1953.
Subjects: African-Americans – Scotland community, Education – Teaching in a one-room school, Montgomery County (Md.) – Board of Education, Montgomery County (Md.) – Integration of schools, Montgomery County (Md.) – Schools, Potomac (Md.) – Scotland community
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Original tapes and transcript at Montgomery County Archives. Digitized content and copies of tapes and transcript also held by Montgomery History
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League of Women Voters