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Alletah Price Dickinson
Abt 1910 - 2004 (94 years)-
Name Alletah Price Dickinson Nickname Leta Birth Abt 1910 Oklahoma 
Gender Female Death 21 Mar 2004 Kensington, San Diego, California Person ID I49693 Scudder Last Modified 20 Oct 2013
Family John Strong Glasier, b. 3 May 1910, Wisconsin d. 20 Apr 1985, San Diego county, California (Age 74 years) Marriage 5 Apr 1939 Washington county, Arkansas [1] Children 1. J.M. Glasier 2. J. Glasier Family ID F17869 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Mar 2024
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Notes - Alletah began her teaching career at 20 after graduating from the University of Arkansas. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and a writer for the school newspaper. She began teaching at Roosevelt Junior High School in San Diego in 1949, and later taught at San Diego and Madison high schools. She mostly taught English, but also taught special-education classes. She was head of the English department at both San Diego and Madison high schools.
Alletah also enjoyed writing poetry from an early age and was president of a poetry club in Fayetteville. She was published in various poetry anthologies. In 2001, she self-published a book of poems, "Studies in Seventeen." Haiku was her favorite form. and she would write 10 to 12 poems a day. She wrote until the day before her death.
- Alletah began her teaching career at 20 after graduating from the University of Arkansas. She was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and a writer for the school newspaper. She began teaching at Roosevelt Junior High School in San Diego in 1949, and later taught at San Diego and Madison high schools. She mostly taught English, but also taught special-education classes. She was head of the English department at both San Diego and Madison high schools.
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Sources - [S836] Arkansas Marriage Index, 1933-1939.
- [S836] Arkansas Marriage Index, 1933-1939.