In 1910, my mothers parents were school teachers in Henry county. But there was a law that school teachers could not marry in Iowa. So they got married in Monmouth, Illinois. Scott **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1219957551x1201325337/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62)

Great conversations we have going on the IOWA list.... I was told that early teachers could NOT marry anyone and keep their teaching job in IA. This policy did change sometime after 1930, thankfully. Many folks I know had mothers who taught....and once these ladies married they had to quit teaching. What a waste for that time, right? I have actually seen early contracts that were worded that the "contract would terminate" if the teacher married. My best to you all........ Linda Ziemann 718 Santa Cruz Dr. Keller, TX 76248 IA GenWeb Plymouth, Monona, Sioux County Coordinator http://iagenweb.org/ Iowa Old Press IAGenWeb Special Project Co-Coordinator http://www.iowaoldpress.com/index.html "A Look Back at the Lives and Times of Our Ancestors" N.D. GenWeb, Mercer Co. Coordinator (My hubby's home county) http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ndmercer/ -----Original Message----- From: iowa-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:iowa-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Scottsfamilytree@aol.com Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 8:43 AM To: IOWA@rootsweb.com Subject: [IOWA] School teachers can not marry each other. In 1910, my mothers parents were school teachers in Henry county. But there was a law that school teachers could not marry in Iowa. So they got married in Monmouth, Illinois. Scott **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1219957551x1201325337/aol?redir=htt p:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62) _____________________________________________ For additional information concerning how the list works, how to sub and unsub and list rules, visit http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist/ _____________________________________________ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IOWA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Interesting discussion! I have some old teacher contracts (1875-1890) on the Allamakee co. website. The teacher's contracts start about 1/2 way down the page. The contracts for both male & female teachers don't mention marriage, but I suspect that for the females the clause: "..according to law and the rules legally established for the government there of" might have contained a no marriage statement. On a couple of the contracts is the phrase: "It is further agreed that in case there should be no money in the treasury at the end of the School month the teachers must wait until there is money to pay without interest." Yikes! http://www.sharylscabin.com/Allamakee/school/earlyNArecords.htm -Sharyl Ferrall, Chickaloon, Alaska