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Base librarian; WAC private is talented musician and teacher; studies for master's degree

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@ Journal (Sioux City, Iowa)

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Image of Pfc. Jennie Dee Moton accompanies article. Caption reads: Pfc. Jennie Dee Moton, acting librarian at the Sioux City army air base, is the daughter of Robert R. Moton, former president of historic Tuskegee institute. Tuskegee, Ala. After the war, she intends to go back to school and complete work already begun on her master's degree in music. E-mail inquiries for the State Historical Society of Iowa should be directed to history.research@iowa.gov or library.st@uiowa.ed Master image scanned with Ricoh Aficio MP C3000 as a JPEG at 600 ppi Journal Sioux City. Iowa ase Librarian Wac Private h Talented Musician and Teacher; tudie$-for Master's Degree . I WAC PTC. JENNIE DEE MOTON, now «tttioned at the Sioux City army air base, believes in tha theory that •very woman, when given chance, can carve out her own destiny. And she putt that belief Into practice. Refusing to rest on the reputa-tio-' of her illustrious father, the late Robert R. Moton, former president of Tuskege institute, Tuskegee, Ala., Pfc. Moton made an early start at carving her own career. Born at Tuskegee, she attended high school there and then went on lo earn a bachelor degree in English and French from Hampton Institute. Hampton, Va. While ct Hampton, she arranged music and was accompanist for the creative dance group. She also wai ferrc-tary of the women's senate and a member of the Negro Historical •ociety. After graduation, she was successively research Assistant and secretary to an instructor at Hampton, director of music...
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