Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 09: BIOGRAPHY – Staff
Series 14: MEDICAL
Rita Rebecca Roeder, Nurse and Teacher, 1923-1924
Line Fork Settlement
(Born c. 1900)

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TAGS: Rita Rebecca Roeder, Rita Roeder, Line Fork Settlement, nurses, Dr. and Rev. Stapleton, Oberlin College, teachers, Elizabeth G. Smith

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RITA REBECCA ROEDER Staff

Line Fork Nurse and Teacher 1923-1924

Rita Rebecca Roeder was a graduate of Oberlin College (B.A., 1923) and a friend of the Stapletons’ daughter who had also attended Oberlin. For several years, Dr. and Rev. Stapleton.  a couple who worked at Line Fork from 1926 to 1937, had lived near Oberlin, Ohio, to be close to their children, so they likely were acquainted with Rita at that time.  

On July 14 of the same year that she graduated from Oberlin, Rita was employed by the Pine Mountain Settlement School to work as a nurse and teacher (Industrial Worker) at the School’s medical extension, Line Fork Settlement in Gilley, Kentucky. She assisted the Stapletons with transitioning into their supervision of the Line Fork Settlement extension in 1924.

Rita left Line Fork on October 1, 1924, to take up the role of community teacher and nurse. Her position at Line Fork remained vacant for nearly four months until Elizabeth G. Smith was recruited to fill it in February 1924.

[NOTE: To date, little has been found in the PMSS Collections or elsewhere concerning Rita Rebecca Roeder. If additional information is located it will be added to this page.]

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Title	Rita Rebecca Roeder
Alt. Title	Rita Roeder
Identifier	https://pinemountainsettlement.net/?page_id=33226
Creator	Pine Mountain Settlement School, Pine Mountain, KY.
Alt. Creator	Ann Angel Eberhardt ; Helen Hayes Wykle ;
Subject Keyword	Rita Rebecca Roeder, Rita Roeder, Oberlin College, Line Fork Settlement, nurses, Dr. and Rev. Stapleton, Oberlin College, teachers, Elizabeth G. Smith
Subject LCSH	Roeder, Rita Rebecca,  — born c. 1900. Pine Mountain Settlement School (Pine Mountain, Ky.) — History. Harlan County (Ky.) — History. Education — Kentucky — Harlan County. Rural schools — Kentucky — History. Schools — Appalachian Region, Southern.
Date	2022-11-27 aae
Publisher	Pine Mountain Settlement School, Pine Mountain, KY.
Contributor	n/a
Type	Collections ; text ; image ;
Format	Original and copies of documents and correspondence in file folders in filing cabinet.
Source	Series 09: BIOGRAPHY – Staff Series 13: MEDICAL
Language	English
Relation	Is related to: Pine Mountain Settlement School Collections, Series 09: BIOGRAPHY.
Coverage Temporal	July 1923 – October 1924
Coverage Spatial	Pine Mountain, KY ; Harlan County, KY ; Oberlin, OH ; Gilley, KY ;
Rights	Any display, publication, or public use must credit the Pine Mountain Settlement School. Copyright retained by the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Donor	n/a
Description	Core documents, correspondence, writings, and administrative papers of Rita Rebecca Roeder ; clippings, photographs, books by or about Rita Rebecca Roeder ;
Acquisition	n/d
Citation	“[Identification of Item],” [Collection Name] [Series Number, if applicable]. Pine Mountain Settlement School Institutional Papers. Pine Mountain Settlement School, Pine Mountain, KY.
Processed By	Helen Hayes Wykle ; Ann Angel Eberhardt ;
Last Updated
Sources	“Rita Rebecca Roeder.” Series 09: BIOGRAPHY, Series 10: BUILT ENVIRONMENT, Series 14: MEDICAL. Pine Mountain Settlement School Institutional Papers. Pine Mountain Settlement School, Pine Mountain, KY. Internet resource.

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See Also:
LINE FORK Settlement
MEDICAL – Introduction

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