History of Houston County, Minnesota

Marie Otterness' Campaign For County Superintendent of Schools, 1912

01/01/1913

Nettie W. Welch's Campaign for County Superintendent of Public Schools, 1910

Otterness, Marie

Marie Otterness was elected to the office of County Superintendent of Schools for Houston County, Minnesota in 1913. She served in the office until the end of 1918. In1917 she earned a salary of $1,337 per year to oversee 105 schools in he…

Weida, Mary C.

Mary C. Weida was elected County Superintendent of Schools for Houston County, Minnesota in 1918. She served in the position for four years. Weida was a member of various women's organizations.

Fannie Lapham's 1890 campaign for County Superintendent

01/01/1891

Georgia Lommen's campaign for County Superintendent

01/01/1905

Lapham, Fannie

Fannie Lapham was elected County Superintendent of Schools in Houston County, Minnesota. She served in the office from 1891 to 1897 and was the first woman in the county elected to the position.

Mary C. Weida's campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1918

01/01/1919

Lommen, Georgia

Georgia Lommen was elected County Superintendent of Schools for Houston County, Minnesota. Lommen served in the office from 1905 to 1912. She was a graduate of the University of Minnesota, and in the 1920s returned there as the director of…