Biographical Sketch of Lorraine Elizabeth Wooster

Lorraine Elizabeth Wooster's Campaign for State Superintendent of Instruction, 1916

Wooster, Lorraine Elizabeth

Wooster, known as Lizzie, was a lawyer. She wrote a number of textbooks. In 1918 she was elected Kansas State Superintendent of Public Instruction, serving from 1919 until 1923. During her campaign Wooster pointed out that 12,000 of the st…