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Ella Boyce Kirk was the first woman to become Superintendent of Schools in a Pennsylvania city,[1] and possibly the first in the United States.[2]

Biography

She was born in Bangor, Maine ca. 1861, and taught school in Bradford, Pennsylvania before moving to Pittsburgh. In 1890 she married wealthy oil man David Kirk (businessman).[1] She authored My Pilgrimage to Coue (1922)

References

  1. ^ a b "Woman Club Leader Dies". The Pittsburgh Press. December 20, 1930. Retrieved 2010-10-16. To Mrs. Kirk and Miss Beulah Kennard, Pittsburgh owes, to a large extent its {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  2. ^ Sally Ryan Costik, Around Bradford, Volume 2 (Arcadia Pub., 1998), p. 14
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