In the early 20th century, most American teachers were single women. But as Washington State left the decision to hire married women up to the districts, some married couples served as teachers together. Among them was Edwin Twitmyer, a principal and later state high school inspector, and his wife Alice.
On November 16, 1927 Olympia High School students gathered to pay respects to long time teacher B.R. McClelland. “Perhaps,” observed the Morning Olympian newspaper, “no teacher was ever as respected and honored by the students as was the white-haired mathematical teacher.”
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