Archie, Ruby B., 1934-2010
- Biography:
- "Ruby B. Archie was a longtime Danville educator and public servant. A native of North Carolina, she was educated in the Rocky Mount, N.C., elementary and secondary schools before attending Virginia State University, from which she graduated in 1956 and received a master’s degree in 1970. She came to Danville in 1956 and for ten years taught English and French at the then segregated John M. Langston High School. After serving as head of the English department at Langston for four years (1966–70), she was recruited for the same post at George Washington High School when it fully integrated in 1970. In that position, she taught two classes and supervised twenty-two English teachers until her retirement in 1993. At the urging of fellow educators, she ran for and was elected to the Danville City Council in 1994. From 1996 to 1998, she served as vice mayor, then was chosen by council members as the city’s first female mayor. After two years as mayor (1998–2000), she wanted to spend more time with her family and stepped down, but remained on council and was a member at the time of her death on July 24, 2010."--Ruby B. Archie, Mapping local knowledge.
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- Archie, Ruby B., 1934-2010
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