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Former Manassas student became teacher, worked briefly for State Department before college
Summary
Sloan described taking a civil service exam and briefly working as a State Department messenger to help pay for college, then pursuing a long teaching career across Warren and neighboring counties, retiring in 1987.
Sloan said she took a civil service exam after graduating and worked as a messenger at the State Department during the summer to help pay for college.
"I went to DC and took a civil service exam... and in less than a week, I was called... To work," Sloan said of the summer job that subsidized her schooling. She recounted relatives in the State Department and the role of personal contacts in facilitating employment.
After college, Sloan earned certification for grades 1 through 12 and taught multiple subjects, including home economics, reading and English. She described teaching third grade and first grade in Warren County and Fort Kerr County and later returning to teach home economics at a high school that had been built for African American students; she said her final years were in a junior high school and that she retired in 1987.
