Why did you choose Lesley?
"I was really afraid to go to a black school because I had come up in a white environment..."
"...I wanted to be a teacher..."
"I didn't [choose Lesley], my brother did."
"Girls had three choices. They could be teachers, social workers, or nurses."
"...I was accepted and offered a scholarship."
"...I might really like to be a school teacher..."
"...I was so happy there, I immediately felt at home..."
"Because Mrs. Wolfard was so nice."
"[My father] figured I might like to be a teacher."
"Actually, a very good friend of my father's was superintendent of schools and he chose it."
"From the time I was probably eleven or twelve years old and always played school, I wanted to teach."
