SMITH, Geraldine "Gerri"

SMITH

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 4/1/2013 at 12:54:17

Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, March 07, 2013

Never too late to learn

Geraldine "Gerri" SMITH of rural Ellston graduated in January with her master of arts in mathematics education from the University of Phoenix.

SMITH, 75, said she began pursuit of the degree "to see if I still had the ability to learn."

Originally from Texas, SMITH began her career as one of the first African-American women to work for AT&T as a design engineer. She currently substitute teaches in the Diagonal, Clearfield and Murray school systems.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, March of 2013

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