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It seems relevant to note that in _1974_ the US Supreme Court "struck down rules that force school teachers [in OH and VA] off the job regardless of their individual ability to continue work"
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Protecting rights of pregnant teachers was a major goal of the women's movement of the 1970s.
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The "common practice" in Virginia, according to this 1972 article, was to get pregnant teachers "who don't rock the boat" to resign and return as substitute teachers late in their term.
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Here's a _1983_ case in which the Harrisonburg, VA School Board delayed a decision on whether to fire an "unwed, pregnant high school teacher," whom it had already suspended.
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