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Woman Superintendent of Chicago Schools

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Sep 1, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 34.

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Woman Superintendent of Chicago Schools

Chicago has elected a woman as superintendent of public schools. Her name is Mrs. Ella Flagg Young. She is sixty-four years old. Her salary is $10,000 a year. She is said to be in every way worthy and competent. She will oversee 6,000 teachers, 275,000 pupils, and have the overcharge of property worth $50,000,000.