Sixty-First Report of the Public Schools of the State of Missouri, School Year Ending June 1910

Clara Edwards Graham's Campaign for School Commissioner, 1909

Bunch, Belle

Belle Bunch was elected as County Superintendent of Schools in Schuyler County, Missouri, in 1909. Bunch was first appointed to the office in 1900 by Missouri State Governor Stephens.

Brainerd, Elizabeth

Elizabeth Brainerd was elected as Commissioner of Schools for Grundy County, Missouri in 1907. The following year Missouri established the office of County Superintendent and Brainerd entered that office. She was elected to additional term…

Grebe, Sallie V.

Sallie V. Grebe was elected as County Superintendent of Schools for Atchison County, Missouri in 1909. She attended Tarkio College in the state and then spent fourteen years teaching in rural schools in Missouri.

Belle Bunch's Campaign for County Commissioner of Schools, 1907

Elizabeth Brainerd's Campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1907

Zula Thurman's Campaign for School Commissioner, 1907

Thurman, Zula

Zula Thurman was elected as School Commissioner for Lincoln County, Missouri in 1907. She was re-elected in 1909 and qualified as County Superintendent in that year. Thurman graduated from Buchanan College and attended the University of Mi…

Hord, Anna B.

Anna B. Hord was elected as School Commissioner for Clinton County, Missouri in 1909. She qualified as County Superintendent that same year. Hord was educated at the Warrensburg State Normal School and later taught in rural schools in Miss…

Sloan, May

May Sloan was elected as School Commissioner of Clark County, Missouri in 1909 by a large majority. She qualified as County Superintendent that same year. Sloan had graduated from the Kirksville [Missouri] Normal School. After graduating s…