Was there a legal prohibition against married women teachers in public/state schools, or was this more of a social rule?

Poppet! Said: 1 I believe it was a School Board rule, in most cases.

Poppet! Said: 3 It was a stigma put in place due to the possibility of pregnancy in a married. To expose children to a pregnant woman might make them realize that teachers had sex!

4 Essentially it was a rule made by the school board which carries the weight of law within the school districts. School districts are subunits of the state govt.

5 Well, sure, Poppet! I guess it's on the same lines of the prohibition involving members of the Royal Family (until the advent of Princess Diana, of blessed memory) that no princess or queen was ever photographed while pregnant! Queen Victoria reigned during the early years of the snapshot, but there are no photos of her in pregnancy.(It was evidently a taboo subject for Victorian artists.

They portrayed flirtatious maidens, wistful prostitutes. And loving mamas with their babies, but NO pregnancies. ) There are, to my knowledge, NO press photos of Queen Elizabeth with a bulging belly.It just wasn't done.

And the British press, with its reputation for aggressive annoyance, cooperated. Every last one of 'em.By the time I reached high school in Fall 1965, I noticed that there were relatively few "old maids" and more men and younger women, one or two of whom got married during my stint there. And kept their jobs.

One, I think, even got pregnant. There were a lot of jokes and much teasing, but they took it in stride. But my teachers were still loath to discuss "that subject"—sexuality.

They pretty much avoided it..

6 I had a very old school teacher when I was in the fifth grade. She told us that she was the first MARRIED school teacher either in ohio or the U.S. - I don't remember which - and I can't find any evidence of it online. She was verrrrry strict with us and employed a lot of old school (no pun intended) learning techniques.

Incidentally, she was my favorite teacher and I still remember things she taught us. I'm 43 now.

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