LC control no. | no2017018061 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Wair, Thelma Mothershed, 1940- |
Variant(s) | Wair, Thelma Jean Mothershed, 1940- Mothershed, Thelma Jean, 1940- |
Associated country | United States |
Associated place | Little Rock (Ark.) East Saint Louis (Ill.) |
Birth date | 1940-11-29 |
Place of birth | Bloomburg (Tex.) |
Affiliation | Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.) |
Profession or occupation | Teachers |
Found in | Hansen, Richard J. Education has no color, 2017: title page (Thelma Mothershed Wair) ECIP chapter 1 (born Thelma Jean Mothershed in Bloomburg, Texas, on November 29, 1940; member of Little Rock Nine) Encyclopedia of Arkansas history & culture online , viewed February 10, 2017 (Thelma Jean Mothershed Wair; member of the Little Rock Nine, the African-American students involved in the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School in 1957: married Fred Wair in 1965; taught home economics in the East St. Louis school system for twenty-eight years; currently lives in Little Rock; with other members of the Little Rock Nine, received Congressional Gold Medal in 1999) |