Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 296, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1913 — Mrs. Ella Flagg Young Resigns; Return is Asked. [ARTICLE]

Mrs. Ella Flagg Young Resigns; Return is Asked.

Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, superintendent of the schools of Chicago, who tendered her resignation following the request of the school board, Is to be asked to reconsider her action and a number of prominent Chicago women, assisted by Mayor Harrison, are to start a campaign to restore her to the head of the schools of Chicago. Mayor Harrison will accept the resignations of the five members oi the school board who voted against Tier and Mr. Shoop, who was chosen to succeed her will be asked to resign. In the meantime Mrs. Young has been offered positions in Milwaukee, Wis., and Washington, D. C.