Vivian White Marbury

                                                                                Vivian Marbury

Marbury attended Shortridge High School and the Indianapolis Normal School. She received a B.S. from Butler University and a Masters from Columbia University in New York City. Her professional career included teaching at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Director of Practice Training of teachers from Butler University, Indianapolis University and Indianapolis State University. Marbury organized Public School 87 which grew from a 4 room portable school to 18 rooms and 24 teachers, where she was principal for 39 years until her retirement in 1967. She married in 1929 and is the mother of two children.

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