Mrs. Winnie Gray Gartrell, a white Methodist woman from Middleburg, Virginia, was a teacher in Loudoun County in the early 1940s. She attended Powhatan College in West Virginia and held no degree. During the 1944-1945 school year, she taught grades 5-6 and earned a salary of $8500, an increase from the previous year. Gartrell was rated as fair in punctuality, cooperation, growth and success attitude. She was noted for her promptness in arriving at school each morning and for her good cooperation with school administrators and fellow teachers. This teacher's record provides a glimpse into the life and career of an educator in mid-20th century rural Virginia.