From collection Candidates
Etta Brown was elected four times the County Superintendent of Cherry County, Nebraska, starting in 1896. Brown was born in Hillsboro, Ohio. She later taught school in Iowa and graduated from Highland Park Normal College in 1894. Brown then moved to Valentine, Nebraska teaching during the year and attending the summer school at the University of Nebraska. She was the Vice President of the Superintendents' and Principals' Association in 1904 and also of the State Teachers' Association.