Muriel Matzkin Shapp, World War II Relocation Camp Educator

Posted by on Apr 19, 2016 in | Comments Off on Muriel Matzkin Shapp, World War II Relocation Camp Educator Muriel Matzkin Shapp (1919–99), wife of Governor Milton J. Shapp (1912-94), received her undergraduate degree in biology from Brooklyn College in 1940. During the first years of American involvement in World War II, she served as a federal civil servant working in a government clerical pool in Washington, D.C. While there, she answered an advertisement seeking teachers for the relocation centers...
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