1923+Teacher+Contract

TEACHER'S CONTRACT
This is an agreement between Miss Lottie Jones, teacher, and the Board of Education of the Middletown School, thereby Miss Lottie Jones agrees to teach in the Middltown School for a period of eight months beginning September 1, 1923. The Board of Education agrees to pay Miss Lottie Jones the sum of seventy-five dollars per month. 1. Not to get married. This contract becomes null and void immediately if the teacher marries. 2. Not to keep company with men. 3. To be home between the hours of 3pm and 6am unless she is in attendance at a school function. 4. Not to loiter downtown in ice cream parlours. 5. Not to leave town at anytime without the permission of the Chairman of the Board of Trustees. 6. Not to smoke cigarettes. This contract becomes null and void immediately if the teacher is found smoking. 7. Not to drink beer, wine or whiskey. This contract becomes null and void immediately if the teacher is found drinking beer, wine or whiskey. 8. Not to ride in a carriage or automobile with any man except her brothers or father. 9. Not dress in bright colours. 10. Not to dye her hair. 11. To wear at least two petticoats. 12. Not to wear dresses more than two inches above the ankle. 13. To keep the schoolroom clean: to sweep the classroom floor at least once daily; to scrub the classroom floor at least once a week with hot water and soap; to start a fire at 7am so that the room will be warm at 8am when the children arrive; to carry out the ashes at least once daily. 14. Not to use face powder, mascara or paint the lips.

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<span style="background-color: #def2f2; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">1. Which of these rules is most surprising? <span style="background-color: #def2f2; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">2. Which of these would be the hardest to enforce? Why? <span style="background-color: #def2f2; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">3. Which of these rules is most unreasonable? Why? <span style="background-color: #def2f2; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">4. Which rule is most reasonable? <span style="background-color: #def2f2; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">5. What does this contract show us about teachers in the 1920s? <span style="background-color: #def2f2; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">6. What does this contract show about women in the 1920s?