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Women's History Month Salute: Marion Edington, Former A.P. English Teacher

3/7/2013

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With Marion Edington, my former Advanced Placement English high school teacher, 01.13
I recently fulfilled a longtime goal to find my Central High School Advanced Placement English teacher to share how much her great instruction impacted my life and my career.  This Women's History Month, I am saluting Mrs. Marion Edington.

Mrs. Edington and I reunited Jan. 6 at her East Memphis home, for the first time since my graduation from Central.


The reunion more than met my expectations because she provided insight into her career and she allowed me to record her well-remembered saying, “Students, details students, Hershey Bar details.” 
Listen to her great wisdom. Mrs. Edington drummed that  "mnemonic rule of thumb" into her students. 

Her 
"Hershey Bar details" maxim embodies the essence of great writing. It underscores what sets award-winning writers, playwrights, journalists and communicators apart from the mundane. 

She was a demanding teacher who asked us to reach for the world through literature, writing and grammar. I am thankful to her and to all of my teachers, guidance counselors, and principals at all of the Memphis City Schools I attended. Thank you for caring enough to teach, to instruct, to correct and to help. You made the difference!

Previous Women's History Month Blog Salutes
2 Lives Impacted by the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing: Guest Post By Jacqueline Wald
My Women’s History Month Salute: Belva Davis, the first African-American woman television journalist in the western US

A Tribute to My Mother, Mrs. Rowena Whiting
Happy Birthday Ma Dear; I 'sure am' grateful for your life lessons

PBS Documentary 
“Makers: Women Who Make America” 

More Resources

The National Women's History Project
Jewish Women and Social Activism
Discovering American Women's History Online
300 Women Who Changed The World

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