| Other author/creator | Maynor, Virginia Edwards, 1945- interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Gines, Denise, interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Hickey, Matthew, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title |
History Makers video oral history with Virginia Edwards Maynor |
| Portion of title |
Virginia Edwards Maynor |
| Abstract |
Educator Virginia Edwards Maynor was born on April 1, 1945 in Savannah, Georgia. She attended Alfred Ely Beach High School where she graduated in 1963. Maynor earned her B.S. degree from Savannah State University in 1968, her M.Ed. degree in history from Armstrong State University in 1974 and her Ed.S. degree from Georgia Southern University in 1982. She began her career as a third-grade teacher in the Horry County Schools and the Ridgeland South Carolina Public School system from 1969 to 1970. She joined the Savannah-Chatham County Public School system as a teacher in 1970, eventually being promoted to assistant principal, principal, executive director of secondary schools, deputy superintendent of instruction. In 1998, she became Superintendent of Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools where she served until 2001. Maynor was the school district's first African American female superintendent. Maynor also represented the First Congressional District on the Georgia State Board of Education. |
| Credits | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. |
| Performer |
Denise Gines, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Savannah, Georgia 2017 February 10. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2017.050 HistoryMakers |
