Patron+ Good Ole Days – Teaching in Alabama in 1870s was quite an experience!

Donna R. Causey, resident of Alabama, was a teacher in the public school system for twenty years. When she retired, Donna found time to focus on her lifetime passion for historical writing. She developed the websites www.alabamapioneers and www.daysgoneby.me All her books can be purchased at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. She has authored numerous genealogy books. RIBBON OF LOVE: A Novel Of Colonial America (TAPESTRY OF LOVE) is her first novel in the Tapestry of Love about her family where she uses actual characters, facts, dates and places to create a story about life as it might have happened in colonial Virginia. Faith and Courage: Tapestry of Love (Volume 2) is the second book and the third FreeHearts: A Novel of Colonial America (Book 3 in the Tapestry of Love Series) Discordance: The Cottinghams (Volume 1) is the continuation of the story. . For a complete list of books, visit Donna R Causey

Myra N Edwards November 20, 2016
Interesting, thanks for sharing.
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Charles Moore November 20, 2016
Minor correction, the story states “I began my teaching with a certificate in 1888” so Olena Harper was teaching after 1888, not in the 1870s.
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Lee Gentry November 20, 2016
Wonderful. My father was from that area and his stories about school ring so true with this account. Mrs. McCleskey was still alive when I was in high school; how I wish I had spent time visiting and listening to folks of her generation. Thanks so much for this excerpt.
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Robert Prince November 20, 2016
a very good read
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Karla Calhoun November 20, 2016
Loved this article. I didn’t realize it was so difficult even up till the late 1800’s in this area.
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Kevin Davis November 20, 2016
Enjoyed it very much..
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Bea Strong November 20, 2016
A very interesting read. My mother taught in rural Mississippi during the late 1910s through early 1920s. She had similar stories.
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