Lillian Tucker Lear was born May 18, 1885 in Missouri. She came west by wagon train on the Emigrant Trail when she was about 3 years old with her parents, Thomas J. Tucker and Mary Fortune Tucker. They homesteaded in the Bitterroot Valley in the Riverside area. Lillian completed through the eight grade of school during her childhood but later continued her education at the University of Montana at Missoula. She married John Charles "Charley" Lear in 1913.
Lillian taught school up the West Fork in Darby from 1920 til the Depression years. However at that time married women were not allowed to teach so she and Charley farmed a small ranch. In 1942 she was asked to teach school on the Indian reservation at Browning, Montana. She remained there for 17 years. Lillian believed in student involvement, individualized instruction and a non-graded classroom. She was known there as the "Iron Woman".
Although Lillian and Charles had no children of their own they raised two of her nieces and took in foster children.
Lillian had three brothers, two sisters and one half brother.
She was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church and enjoyed reading her Bible. She also raised beautiful flowers.
Lillian taught school up the West Fork in Darby from 1920 til the Depression years. However at that time married women were not allowed to teach so she and Charley farmed a small ranch. In 1942 she was asked to teach school on the Indian reservation at Browning, Montana. She remained there for 17 years. Lillian believed in student involvement, individualized instruction and a non-graded classroom. She was known there as the "Iron Woman".
Although Lillian and Charles had no children of their own they raised two of her nieces and took in foster children.
Lillian had three brothers, two sisters and one half brother.
She was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church and enjoyed reading her Bible. She also raised beautiful flowers.
Lillian Tucker Lear was born May 18, 1885 in Missouri. She came west by wagon train on the Emigrant Trail when she was about 3 years old with her parents, Thomas J. Tucker and Mary Fortune Tucker. They homesteaded in the Bitterroot Valley in the Riverside area. Lillian completed through the eight grade of school during her childhood but later continued her education at the University of Montana at Missoula. She married John Charles "Charley" Lear in 1913.
Lillian taught school up the West Fork in Darby from 1920 til the Depression years. However at that time married women were not allowed to teach so she and Charley farmed a small ranch. In 1942 she was asked to teach school on the Indian reservation at Browning, Montana. She remained there for 17 years. Lillian believed in student involvement, individualized instruction and a non-graded classroom. She was known there as the "Iron Woman".
Although Lillian and Charles had no children of their own they raised two of her nieces and took in foster children.
Lillian had three brothers, two sisters and one half brother.
She was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church and enjoyed reading her Bible. She also raised beautiful flowers.
Lillian taught school up the West Fork in Darby from 1920 til the Depression years. However at that time married women were not allowed to teach so she and Charley farmed a small ranch. In 1942 she was asked to teach school on the Indian reservation at Browning, Montana. She remained there for 17 years. Lillian believed in student involvement, individualized instruction and a non-graded classroom. She was known there as the "Iron Woman".
Although Lillian and Charles had no children of their own they raised two of her nieces and took in foster children.
Lillian had three brothers, two sisters and one half brother.
She was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church and enjoyed reading her Bible. She also raised beautiful flowers.
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8/26/1987
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