Jones, Josephine

Josephine Jones was appointed to take over for Eva Strickland as County Superintendent of Public Instruction for Val Verde County, Texas in 1914 after Strickland got married and resigned. In 1916, Jones was elected to the position. She was reelected in 1918 and again in 1920, serving a total of eight years. Jones was a member of the first class of women to earn a degree and graduate from the University of Texas Law School. Over her lifetime, Jones was heavily involved with many associations that among other things promoted education and child welfare. She was named Del Rio's Notable Woman of 1976 by the American Association of University Women, her name added to a plaque that hangs in Val Verde County Library.