Olalee McCall, Douglass High School, El Paso, Texas
Olalee McCall, secundaria Douglass, El Paso, Texas
Olalee McCall, Douglass High School, El Paso, Texas
Olalee McCall became the high school English teacher at Douglass School for Negro Children in 1914. Later, she served as the principal. She also was instrumental in founding the McCall Day Nursery, one of the first-day care facilities in El Paso, Texas. March is Women's History Month in the USA.
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She lived in a historic home at 3221 E. Wyoming Ave built in 1937.Her husband Marshall McCall was one of the first African-American mail carriers in El Paso and a veteran of WWI. Olalee became the first female high school principal in the El Paso School District in 1937. On Dec 1, 1984, Mc Call Heritage and Cultural Center was established by Mrs. Leona Ford Washington with volunteer assistance of Mr. Don Butts. Ms. Washington served as Executive Director of Mc Call Center until her health failed in the late 1990's. McCall Center continues to promote African-American heritage in our city and the southwest.
March is Women's History Month in the USA.