User:West Virginian/Madeline Blue
Madeline Blue (née McDowell; XX - XX)
Marriage and family
[edit]Blue married her husband John Rinehart Blue on XX. They had three children: John McDowell Blue, Julia Tait Blue Weir, and David Stanford Blue.[1]
Educational career
[edit]Blue was a specialized teacher of deaf students at the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind.[1]
Parent-Teacher Associations
[edit]Blue was elected president of Romney's local Parent-Teacher Association (PTA).[1] She then served as an officer of the Hampshire County Council of PTA.[1] Blue was then elected as the state PTA regional director of Region XII, which encompassed Hampshire, Hardy, Grant, and Pendleton counties. From 1959-1961, Blue served as the secretary of the West Virginia Congress of Parent-Teacher Associations.[1]
West Virginia Congress of Parent-Teacher Associations
[edit]On October 19, 1961, after 12 years of involvement in PTA efforts, Blue was elected and installed to a two-year term as the president of the West Virginia Congress of Parent-Teacher Associations at the organization's 39th annual convention in Huntington.[1] Blue was the first person from West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle and Potomac Highlands regions to be elected to the post.[1] Prior to her election, presidents of the state's PTA Congress had hailed from Charleston, Huntington, Parkersburg, Wheeling, and other areas along the Ohio River.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Blue was a Presbyterian and an active member of the Romney Presbyterian Church.[1]
References
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