Carrie Ellen Allen

Carrie E. Allen was elected County Superintendent of Schools in Lucas County, Iowa in 1889. She served for three terms in the position. Allen was a graduate of the State Normal School at Kirksville, Missour. She taught several years in Lucas County, Iowa schools both before and after her terms in office. Allen went on to teach in the public schools of Chicago, Illinois, from 1896 to 1926. After retiring in Russell, Iowa, Carrie Allen became active in local and Iowa politics, corresponding regularly with her representatives in Iowa Legislature and in Congress. In 1916 Carrie Allen published "A Record of the family of Isaac Van Nuys" for which she received acclaim from the National Genealogical Society.