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• Lucia Goodwin began her teaching career in Aurora at South Lake Street School (later known as Abraham Lincoln School).
   
• From 1903 to 1936, she taught math at West Aurora High School.
   
• Later, she became the head of the math department at West High.
   
• Goodwin was a master of her subject who had a profound impact upon her students.
   
• She stood just over five feet tall, but could “face down the biggest football player who wanted to go out for practice without getting his assignment done.”
   

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