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Schoolmarms on the Upper Missouri.
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Underwood, Kathleen – Great Plains Quarterly, 1991
Profiles Margery Jacoby, a typical teacher at the turn of the century in western frontier, who secured a teaching certificate by examination at 15, took summer college courses, and was elected county superintendent at 23. Discusses women's access to higher education and administrative positions in the frontier west, teaching conditions, and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Females