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1950s Photograph of Marie Stapler Gladden and Mildred A. Board
Collection
The Gladden Family Photographic Collection
Format
Original photographic print.
Date
c. 1950
People
Marie Stapler Gladden; Marie Gladden: Marie Stapler
Mildred A. Board; Mildred Board
Location
Apopka, Florida, United States of America.
Historical Background
A black and white photograph of Marie Stapler Gladden and Mildred A. Board in elegant evening gowns. The photo was most likely taken within the Gladden family home in the living room or parlor room.
A lifelong resident of Apopka, Board remained in the same house where she was born and dedicated herself to the place she called home. She began her 45-year teaching career in 1936 at what was then the Apopka Colored School, well before Orange County schools even thought about integration, and graduated with a degree in education from Bethune-Cookman College in 1948. Her career as an educator and librarian only scratch the surface of her contributions to the community. Board also organized Apopka’s first Black Girl Scout troop in 1949, served on Apopka’s Planning and Zoning Board, sat on numerous committees and boards, and wrote a weekly column titled “Bits and Tips” for the Apopka Chief. “There is nothing so necessary as being on the right side of the age-old struggle between good and evil,” she wrote in March 2006. “If you’re for the good, then be for it enough that it compels you to be against its opposite.” Mildred Board passed away in August 2006 at the age of 91.
