Woman who fought married teacher ban in Fulton County dies at 89

EAST POINT - The College Park woman who successfully sued Fulton County over its policy in the 1930s banning married women from teaching has died. Mary Louise Jones Hughie was 89. <br> <br> Hughie died of cardiac arrhythmia Saturday at Saint Joseph&#39;s Hospital in Atlanta. Funeral services were Tuesday. <br> <br> Hughie was fired from a teaching job at a Fulton County public school after she got married. <br> <br> Backed by the Fulton County Teachers Association, she won a lawsuit against the school board. She went on to teach and be a principal at several county schools. <br> <br> Survivors include two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.