Background
Dabney, Lena Fredericka was born on July 18, 1919 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Frederick Oswald and Lena Marie (Hall) Van-Arkadie.
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Lena Fredericka Dabney
Edit ProfileEducation
Bachelor of Science in Fine Arts, Virginia State College, 1940; Master of Science in Secondary Education, Virginia State College, 1941.
Career
Teacher fine arts grades 1-12, Bruton Heights School, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1941-1943; teacher English intermediate school, Norfolk (Virginia) Public Schools, Booker T. Washington, 1943-1944; teacher elementary art, various schools, Norfolk, 1944-1945; teacher English intermediate school, Norfolk, 1945-1950; teacher general science, Booker T. Washington H.S., Norfolk, 1950-1955; teacher English, Booker T. Washington H.S., Norfolk, 1955-1970; teacher English high school, Norview H.S., Norfolk, 1970-1972; teacher English high school, Campostella Junior H.S., Norfolk, 1972-1981.
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Membership
Board of directors Library. of Chesapeake, Virginia, 1987-1996, Chesapeake Civic Chorus, Fine Arts Consortium, Chesapeake. Chairman protocol committee Mayor's Committee for Protocol Booklet, Chesapeake, 1988. Member Chums, Inc. (historian journalist 1971-1986, 94-95), National Coalition of 100 Black Women (Tidewater chapter).
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Connections
Married William N. Dabney, January 8, 1949 (deceased October 1986).
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American -
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Episcopalian
Education
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1940
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1941
Career
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1941 - 1943
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1943 - 1944
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1945 - 1950
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1970 - 1972
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1972 - 1981