Ducksworth

But most celebrations did not draw attention from mainstream press until the 1990s and 2000s — when larger communities shifted from picnics in the park to giant celebrations, Ducksworth-Lawton added.

As she approached tenure as an English teacher at Franklin K. Lane High School in Brooklyn, New York, in 1977, her husband received another promotion that required his family, Dr. Ducksworth and two small children, to move to New Jersey.