Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 284, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1919 — First Woman School Official. [ARTICLE]

First Woman School Official.

Probably the first woman in America to hold an elective school office was Emma Willard, the famous educator, who in the early’■part of her career was elected superintendent of schools in the town of Kensington, Conn.