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| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Gwendolyn DuBose Rogers
Gwendolyn DuBose Rogers
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| Other authors / contributors: | Rogers, Gwendolyn DuBose, 1931- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2003 December 15.
Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2003 December 16.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Education administrator Gwendolyn DuBose Rogers was born May 30, 1931, in Birmingham, Alabama. She earned her B.A. degree from Talladega College in 1952 and her M.S. degree in education from the University of Chicago in 1953. Northwestern University also awarded her a Ph.D. degree in 1980. Rogers taught primary school from 1955 to 1966, and then served as a curriculum consultant for Head Start until 1969. From 1969 to 1975, she was Director of the Early Childhood Center at Walt Disney Magnet School, and taught at Chicago State and Northwestern Universities. Beginning in 1981, Rogers served as Director of the Education Department of the Chicago Urban League. In 1993, she was appointed Director of the Department of Internal Affairs for the Chicago Park District, from which she retired in 2001. Rogers served on numerous boards and been recognized for her civic contributions. She was married to former Judge John Rogers, Sr.
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