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Wair, Thelma Mothershed, 1940-

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Personal name headingWair, Thelma Mothershed, 1940-
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Variant(s)Wair, Thelma Jean Mothershed, 1940-
Mothershed, Thelma Jean, 1940-
Associated countryUnited States
Associated placeLittle Rock (Ark.) East Saint Louis (Ill.)
Birth date1940-11-29
Place of birthBloomburg (Tex.)
AffiliationCentral High School (Little Rock, Ark.)
Profession or occupationTeachers
Found inHansen, 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)