Career
After graduation, Quander became an educator for the public school system in Washington, D.C., where she served generations of students for 30 years. Because the District was run as part of the Federal government, African American teachers in the public schools were paid on the same scale as whites. The system attracted many outstanding teachers. From 1914-1915, Quander studied at Columbia University to earn her Masters of Arts degree. Later she pursued additional post-graduate degrees. (see below).
From 1916 to 1917, Quander was a special field agent for the Children's Bureau for the Department of Labor. In this position, she observed the social and economic structure of mentally handicapped people in New Castle County, Delaware. The study was sponsored by the local Women's Club to prepare to establish an institution for the mentally handicapped.
Quander furthered her education by attaining a degree in social work at New York University, and studied economics for two summers at the University of Washington.
In 1936, Quander earned a diploma at Uppsala University in Uppsala, Sweden. She attended the International Conference on Social Work in London, England during the same year. In the public schools, Quander established and supported the School Safety Patrol Unit for twenty-five years.
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