It is also intreresting that the young teachers often did not go very far from home. Many returned to teach their former school mates in their own school or taught in the adjacent district. Even though they lived close to home, they usually stayed at the home of a family very close to the school.

Most of these young teachers were women, and most taught only for a year to three years. Once they married, both custom and hiring practices prevented their further employment. In some cases, they married secretly to keep their jobs and kept working until their first pregnancy "gave them away." When marriage was revealed, dismissal was immediate except in rare cases.

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